Israel has destroyed much of Syria’s military infrastructure and weapons, including jets, tanks, missiles, and navy ships. Meanwhile, the ultimate goals of the new power of the Sunni rebels are becoming clearer. Following a historic 48-hour bombing campaign, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) say that they have destroyed up to 80% of Syria’s military capability. During the campaign, dubbed “Bashan Arrow” after the biblical name for the Golan Heights, the IDF hit more than 300 targets in Syria. “The IDF has been working in Syria in recent days to damage and destroy strategic capabilities that threaten the State of Israel. The Navy worked tonight to destroy the Syrian fleet and with great success,” stated Israeli Defence Minister Yisrael Katz. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu authorized these precision strikes so that Syria’s military assets would not fall into the hands of Israel’s new jihadist neighbours, and he sent them a stern warning. He stated, “We want relations with the new regime in Syria, but if it allows Iran to re-establish itself in Syria, or allows the transfer of any weapons to Hezbollah, or attacks us, we will respond forcefully and we will exact a heavy price from it.”
Inside Syria, the former government of Bashar al-Assad indicated it would transfer power to Syria’s new leader, Mohammed al-Golani of the Sunni opposition group HTS, who pledged no new war. “The regime is now gone, thanks to God, and the country’s moving towards development and reconstruction,” al-Golani said. “It’s going towards stability. People are exhausted from war, so the country isn’t ready for another and it’s not going to get into another one.” But MEMRI, the Middle East Media Research Institute, released a video of HTS fighters pledging that Syria’s capital of Damascus is merely a stepping-stone. In the video, a leader of the rebel fighters’ shouts, “We have entered Damascus and the Umayyad Mosque, shouting ‘Allah Akbar! There is no god but Allah!’” His group responds, “Say Allah Akbar! Allah Akbar!” The leader replies, “Just like that, Allah willing, we will enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque (in Jerusalem), the Prophet’s Mosque (in Medina), and the Kaaba. We will enter these (mosques), Allah willing.” It’s a goal al-Golani shared in a 2018 video as well. In the video, he says, “Allah willing, we will reach not only Damascus. Jerusalem awaits us as well. Every bullet we fire here will reverberate throughout the Islamic world.” Please continue to pray for Israel, her people, and the entire region.
Source: CBNNews
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