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Why Israel Has Been Stepping Up Strikes on Iranian Military Targets in Syria
(Al-Ahram-Egypt) Bassel Oudat - In the past three years, Israel has targeted Iranian soldiers, depots, planes and military advisers across Syria as Iran's presence and influence have expanded across the country. The threat to Israel from Iranian forces in Syria is growing and is no longer limited to border areas. The intensity and frequency of the Israeli strikes on Syrian sites in recent weeks have been unprecedented. It indicates an increase in Iranian militia movements and arms shipments in Syria. "Israel is now trying to compensate for the hiatus following the earthquake" that took place in Syria in February "when it ceased all air strikes against Iranian targets," said Diaa Qadoor, a Syrian expert on Iranian affairs. "Meanwhile, Iran has taken advantage of the humanitarian disaster to accumulate threatening elements, whether missiles, drones, or at the leadership level." Israel is now targeting military advisers and not just military targets. Syrian opposition figure Ahmed Rahhal said that there "has been an increase in the quality and quantity of weapons entering Syria from Iran, and Iran brought many weapons into the country under the guise of humanitarian aid during the earthquake period. This crosses many Israeli red lines, as Iran has also increased production inside Syria. All the weapons coming on oil ships entering the port of Banias go to Hizbullah's warehouses in Syria until they are transported to southern Lebanon."