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Source: https://www.israelhayom.com/2019/10/24/this-has-been-one-of-the-iafs-busiest-operational-years/
Senior Air Force Commander: Israel Mounted "Hundreds of Strikes" Against Terror Targets in "Campaign between the Wars"
(Israel Hayom) Lilach Shoval - Col. G., commander of the Ramon Airbase, said, "This has been one of the most intense years we've had since the onset of the campaign between the wars. We've mounted hundreds of strikes." The "campaign between the wars" encompasses a host of covert and low-intensity military and intelligence efforts focused on disrupting the force build-up of the Iranian-Shiite axis throughout the Middle East. "The rate at which we operate stems from the challenges posed by the other side," he said. Col. G. noted that "over the past year alone, the number of surface-to-air missiles fired from Syria at Israeli aircraft has exceeded their number in wars. They've fired hundreds of missiles, everything they have." Asked about the Russian S-300 air defense system, which was delivered to Syria earlier this year, G. said, "If necessary, we will know how to deal with it as well. Naturally, we have to make sure it doesn't violate our operational freedom." He noted that there have been cases when the IAF aborted missions because Russian jets had crossed into the target airspace.