Israeli Airstrikes and Airborne Operation Reported Near al-Kiswa, Damascus Countryside
ARK News.. Sources told Syria TV that the Israeli army carried out an airborne landing operation in the al-Kiswa area of Damascus countryside on Wednesday, following airstrikes targeting a military site in the same vicinity.
According to the sources, the operation was preceded by intensive reconnaissance drone activity, while Israeli warplanes and UAVs continued to patrol and prevent access to the site until late Wednesday evening.
This marked the second Israeli attack within 24 hours on the same military installation in Jabal al-Mana, near al-Kiswa.
The sources added that Tuesday’s airstrikes (August 26) targeted a site containing surveillance and listening devices that Syrian army units had attempted to dismantle, resulting in casualties among government forces.
SANA, Syria’s state news agency, cited a government source saying that Syrian army personnel came under Israeli fire while handling monitoring and eavesdropping equipment discovered during a field tour in Jabal al-Mana, south of Damascus. The strikes caused both deaths and injuries, in addition to the destruction of military vehicles.
Later Wednesday evening, Israeli aircraft launched multiple raids, followed by an airborne landing, the details of which remain unclear.
A Syrian Ministry of Defense official told AFP that several soldiers were killed in an Israeli drone strike targeting a military building belonging to the 44th Division in al-Kiswa.
Military sources also informed Syria TV that units of the Syrian army had been conducting armored weapons maneuvers at a site in Jabal al-Mana near the village of Deir Ali shortly before the Israeli strikes.
In a separate statement, Syria’s Foreign Ministry condemned Wednesday’s Israeli assault on the Syrian army position near al-Kiswa, describing it as an act of aggression that left several soldiers dead.
Meanwhile, other reports indicated that Israeli helicopters landed in Sweida during the same wave of operations.
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