TEL AVIV, November 10. /TASS/. The Israel Defense Forces launched a strike on the Syrian territory in response to the launch of a drone in the direction of the city of Eilat in the south of the Jewish state, the army press service reported.

"The Israel Defense Forces attacked an organization in Syria that launched a drone that hit a school in Eilat yesterday (November 9 - TASS)," the report said.

It is noted that the Israeli military "holds the Syrian regime fully responsible for any terrorist activities coming from its territory."

"The Israel Defense Forces will respond harshly to aggression against the Jewish state," the army press service stressed.

The situation in the Middle East sharply escalated following an incursion of Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip into Israel on October 7. Hamas regards the attack as a response to Israeli actions against the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Jerusalem's Temple Mount. Israel has declared a complete siege of the Gaza Strip and has started delivering strikes on that area and parts of Lebanon and Syria.