That is the second time because the begin of the Israel-Hamas battle that airports in Syria are hit concurrently.
Syrian state media say Israel hit the airports in Damascus and Aleppo once more, placing them out of service for the second time inside two weeks amid its relentless bombing of Gaza.
The SANA state information company mentioned on Sunday that Israeli air raids focused the 2 most important airports, “resulting in the dying of a civilian employee at Damascus airport and wounding one other”.
“Materials harm to the airports’ runways put them out of service,” it quoted an unnamed navy supply as saying in a press release.
Flights have been diverted to the airport within the port metropolis of Latakia, the Syrian Ministry of Transport mentioned in a press release.
Israeli air raids have repeatedly focused the 2 airports previously, inflicting flights to be grounded and inflicting human casualties and materials harm, however that is the second time simultaneous strikes have hit the services because the starting of Israeli bombardment of besieged Gaza after Hamas’s October 7 assaults inside Israel which have killed greater than 1,400 individuals.
Israeli bombardments have killed about 4,400 individuals in Gaza, in accordance with the most recent figures, with many victims being girls and youngsters.
Simultaneous air raids hit the airports in each cities on October 12, with Syria saying they knocked out the 2 on the time as nicely.
Israeli strikes focused the Aleppo individually final weekend as nicely. A battle monitor reported that the assault additionally put the airport out of service and wounded 5 individuals.
Earlier this month, a drone assault hit a navy school in Syria’s Homs province, which in accordance with a battle monitor killed greater than 100 individuals.
Israel launched the primary air strikes on the 2 most important airports in Syria shortly after the beginning of the battle as it’s involved about new fronts being opened within the lethal battle.
A Ministry of Overseas Affairs official had beforehand mentioned Israel stays involved that Iran may very well be utilising the airports to maneuver navy belongings and use them towards it.
Iran has repeatedly warned that the resistance fighters it helps throughout the area might strike Israel, increasing the scope of the battle, if Israel refuses to cease concentrating on civilians in Gaza, who’ve been left with out water, gasoline and drugs for almost all of the period of the battle.
The primary shipments of humanitarian help trickled into Gaza on Saturday as Egypt briefly opened the Rafah crossing after Israeli approval.
