TEL AVIV, December 13. /TASS/. The Israeli army believes it may attack Iran's nuclear facilities after the successful massive strikes on Syria, Army Radio reported.
According to its information, various Israeli military structures, including the army, are now coordinating various intelligence and defense agencies to present options to the country's political leadership on how to deal with Tehran.
The Israeli servicemen estimate that the Syrian air defense system, which was powerful in the past, is more than 80% destroyed after the Israeli Air Force strikes, according to the radio station. Previously, the Syrian air defense systems posed a serious threat to Israel’s aviation, but now the situation is changing and the Syrian airspace is actually open for flights, Army Radio said.
In late November, members of armed opposition groups launched a large-scale offensive against government forces' positions in Aleppo and Idlib Governorates. By the evening of December 7, opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad had captured several major cities: Aleppo, Hama, Deir ez-Zor, Deraa, and Homs. They entered Damascus on December 8, after which Syrian army units withdrew from the city. On December 10, Mohammed al-Bashir, who has led the so-called Syrian Salvation Government formed by the opposition in Idlib province since January 2024, announced his appointment as head of the Syrian transitional cabinet, which will last until March 1, 2025.
On the morning of December 8, the Israeli army announced that it had taken up positions in the buffer zone in the Golan Heights, which has separated areas under Israeli and Syrian control since 1974. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had previously assured that this was a temporary defensive measure aimed at curbing potential threats to his country from Syria.