Legal Insurrection by Vijeta Uniyal Friday, December 31, 2021
Defense Minister Benny Gantz: “Israel will not allow Iran to stream game-changing weapons to its proxies and to threaten our citizens.” An Israeli airstrike appears to have hit the Syrian port of Latakia, destroying a large Iranian weapons cache, media reports say. The strike, which took place early morning Tuesday, caused multiple fires and secondary blasts, suggesting the presence of explosives in containers stored at the port.
In recent weeks, this is the second strike on Latakia, Syria’s most significant post. “Israel launched an air strike on Syria’s main port of Latakia on Tuesday in the second such attack this month, the Syrian army said, setting ablaze the container storage area where two port sources said Iran has been storing munitions,” Reuters reported.
The Iranian regime uses the port to supply arms to the Hezbollah terrorist militia. Tehran has been “using the terminal to transport advanced munitions through it to its proxies in the region, notably the Lebanese Hezbollah terror group,” the Times of Israel noted.
The Associated Press reported the details of the supposed Israeli strike:
Satellite images taken this week over the Syrian port of Latakia show the smoldering wreckage after a reported Israeli missile strike, hours after firefighters contained a massive blaze.
The raid launched from the Mediterranean Sea Tuesday was among the biggest launched by Israel into Syria, igniting a fire in the container terminal that raged for hours and caused significant material damage in the vicinity. It damaged a nearby hospital and offices, and also shattered windows of residential buildings and cars parked in the area near the port. The explosion could be heard miles away.
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