Israel attacks on Syria coast so colossal, It came up on the Richter’s Scale Report. Targeting missile depots and air defense systems, Israeli airstrikes on Syria’s Tartus areas resulted in enormous explosions that were measured as an earthquake of magnitude 3.0. Significant political changes occurred at the same time as the strikes, with Russia starting to remove. Its naval forces from its Tartus base after Islamist insurgents toppled Bashar al-Assad’s government.
Explosion lit up Syria’s coastal skies on Thursday in the heaviest strikes on the region in over a decade. The destruction caused by Israeli jets striking military sites in Tartus was so intense that seismic sensors recorded the explosion as a magnitude 3.0 earthquake, the daily Mail reported.
Why Israel attacks on Syria?
Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the fall of Bashar al-Assad this month, and claimed that his decision to fight to the end against Hamas and Hezbollah had contributed to “changing the face of the Middle East”. Since then, Israel has launched its largest bombing campaign on Syrian soil since the 1973 Yom Kippur war.
The Israeli army has also made an incursion to establish a buffer zone between the Golan. Heights and Syrian territory, seizing the highest and most strategic terrain on the Syrian border.
Israel’s statements and actions are evidence that it welcomes the fall of a key piece in the Iran-led. Axis of Resistance, but also that it is wary of the rebel group that have seized power in Damascus. In light of this, Israel is taking a “Better safe than sorry” approach. While the new Syrian government’s intentions remain unclear, Israel is doing its best to render the country toothless.
According to the Israel Defense Forces their 600 strikes have destroyed around 80% of the military capability of Assad’s former army. Israel is also seeking to ensure it has freedom of action in Syria’s skies for years to come. The first targets to be destroyed were all air defense systems.
