Golan Heights and South/West Syria
1 January 2024

An Israeli military spokesperson reported: “We eliminated a terrorist cell that tried to launch three Hizbollah UAVs from within a civilian area… in southern Lebanon. We struck before the attack was launched. In addition, we attacked a series of Hizbollah targets”. Hizbollah confirmed multiple fatalities. The IDF also reported rocket launches from Syria into Israel, in response to which it targeted “military infrastructure of the Syrian army”. The following day, Syrian state media reported Israeli strikes against “several sites in [the] Damascus countryside”.

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