At least 36 killed in Israeli attack on Syria’s Palmyra: State media

Syrian Ministry of Defence connection says onslaught causes ‘significant worldly damage’, authorities media report.

At slightest 36 group person been killed and 50 wounded successful an Israeli onslaught that deed residential buildings successful nan Syrian metropolis of Palmyra, Syrian authorities media report.

The aerial onslaught was launched from nan guidance of al-Tanf successful eastbound Syria and caused “significant worldly damage”, Syria’s Ministry of Defence said successful a connection connected Wednesday that was quoted by nan authorities news agency SANA. Al-Tanf is an area adjacent nan Iraqi separator controlled by nan United States.

Since nan Syrian warfare began successful 2011, Israel has carried retired hundreds of strikes successful Syria, targeting nan service and Iran-backed groups.

But since Israel’s warfare connected Gaza began connected October 7, 2023, it has ramped up its strikes successful Syria arsenic hostilities pinch nan Iran-aligned Lebanese equipped group Hezbollah person intensified.

Last week, nan Israeli subject said it had attacked transit routes connected nan Syrian-Lebanese separator it said were utilized to transportation weapons to Hezbollah.

Israel seldom comments connected individual strikes successful Syria but has many times said it would not let Iran to grow its beingness successful nan country.

Syrian authorities media reported respective Israeli attacks past week successful Homs province, which borders Lebanon. Palmyra is located successful Homs.

Palmyra is known for its ancient city, which is simply a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was seized by nan ISIS (ISIL) equipped group successful 2015 and partially destroyed earlier it was recaptured by nan Syrian army.

Lebanon ceasefire talks

The onslaught was carried retired arsenic US envoy Amos Hochstein is successful nan Middle East for talks connected a imaginable ceasefire betwixt Hezbollah and Israel and arsenic Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said nan group would not judge an statement that violates Lebanese sovereignty.

In a recorded reside connected Wednesday, Qassem said Hezbollah seeks a “complete and broad extremity to nan aggression” and “the preservation of Lebanon’s sovereignty. … The Israeli force cannot participate [Lebanese territory] whenever it wants.”

“Israel cannot conclusion america and cannot enforce its conditions connected us,” he added.

Qassem besides promised to retaliate against Israeli strikes connected Beirut, saying nan group would onslaught nan “heart of Tel Aviv”.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said aft Qassem’s reside that immoderate ceasefire must guarantee Israel has nan “freedom to act” against Hezbollah.

“In immoderate statement we will reach, we will request to support nan state to enactment if location will beryllium violations,” he told overseas ambassadors earlier Hochstein’s expected presence successful Israel.

“Secondly, we will person to enforce that they will not beryllium capable to build again their unit successful Lebanon, they will not beryllium capable to bring again ammunitions, missiles to manufacture it aliases to bring it from Iran done Syria by oversea and done nan airdrome [in Beirut] successful immoderate way,” he added.

A US-proposed ceasefire is based connected United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which requires nan Lebanese authorities to power its separator pinch Israel and nan Litani River, meaning Hezbollah should person nary subject beingness adjacent nan frontier.

The UN solution was utilized to extremity nan 2006 conflict betwixt Israel and Hezbollah, but Israel has complained that Hezbollah remains equipped astatine nan separator contempt nan agreement.

Meanwhile, Lebanon’s charismatic National News Agency reported Israeli shelling and aerial strikes successful confederate Lebanon overnight and connected Wednesday, saying Israeli forces were looking to beforehand farther into nan municipality of Khiam.

Hezbollah said it launched drones astatine 2 Israeli subject bases successful bluish Israel and fired rockets astatine nan municipality of Safed.

The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health announced that since October 2023, 3,544 group person been killed successful Lebanon, including 902 women and children.

The mostly of them were killed during an Israeli violative successful September, nan ministry said.

At nan aforesaid time, Hezbollah strikes person killed 43 group successful bluish Israel, and 73 soldiers person been killed, nan Israeli service said.

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