Israel’s aggression against Syria fueled by US bullying, coercion: Hamas spokesman
A senior official with the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has strongly condemned the latest Israeli airstrikes against Syria’s western-central province of Hama, saying such acts of aggression are instigated by the bullying and coercion of the United States.
“The attack on the Syrian territories proves that the Zionist project has set the entire Muslim world at its target,” Lebanon-based Arabic-language al-Mayadeen television news network quoted Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem as saying.
He added, “The arrogance of the occupying regime is being fueled by the bullying and coercion of the United States in addition to the actions of some parties seeking normalization with the Zionists.”
Late on Tuesday, Syria’s official news agency SANA reported that the country’s air defenses had intercepted and shot down a number of Israeli missiles before they reached their targets in Hama.
The missiles were fired by the Israeli air force from Lebanese airspace at 21:25 p.m. local time (1925 GMT) and were aimed at a military facility on the outskirts of Masyaf, located about 45 kilometers (27 miles) west of the provincial capital city of Hama, SANA quoted an unnamed military source as saying.
The airstrikes caused material damage in the targeted area but left no casualties.
Israel's aggressive moves have been viewed by observers as an attempt to weaken the Damascus government as it increasingly gains the upper hand in its fight against the foreign-backed terrorist groups.
Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. The Syrian government says the Israeli regime and its Western and regional allies have been aiding Takfiri terrorist groups that are vanquished in the Arab country.
Syrian government forces have taken back many areas once controlled by the terrorist groups. The government and allied forces are currently busy fighting last bastions of terrorists in the northwestern province of Idlib and areas in the neighboring Aleppo province.
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