The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) successfully executed a daring raid earlier this week in Syria that destroyed a sophisticated underground missile factory built by the Islamic Republic of Iran that was being used to supply Hezbollah, Iran’s top terror proxy group, with countless precision medium-range missiles.
Axios reported that the “highly unusual raid” was carried out by the Israeli Air Force’s (IAF) elite Shaldag unit, the first known ground operation that Israel has carried out on Syrian soil in years.
The report said that the destruction of the facility was “a significant blow to an effort by Iran and Hezbollah” to produce missiles used to attack Israel.
The raid happened in the western part of Syria, near the border of Lebanon, while the IAF conducted an intense bombing campaign to stop the Syrian military from being able to send reinforcements to respond to…
