’28 PLANES, 60 MISSILES, 23 KILLED’:

Israel's strikes on Syria late Wed. 9 May 2018 saw 28 planes take part in raids with a total of around 60 missiles fired, Russia's defense ministry said Thursday. "28 Israeli F-15 and F-16 aircraft were used in the attack, which released around 60 air-to-ground missiles over various parts of Syria. Israel also fired more than 10 tactical ground-to-ground missiles," the ministry said. At least 23 fighters, including five Syrian regime troops and 18 other allied forces, were killed in the attacks, according to the anti-Assad Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The Britain-based observatory said the regime troops killed in the strikes included an officer, adding that the other casualties included Syrians and foreigners. A Russian deputy foreign minister called for "restraint on all sides" and said Moscow was "concerned" at the escalation.

The Israel's army said it had hit dozens of Iranian military targets around Syria in one of its largest military operations in recent years and its biggest such assault against Iranian targets. The strikes came hours after Israeli PM Netanyahu held talks in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose country has provided massive military and diplomatic backing to the Assad regime in Syria. The Russian leader called the situation in the Middle East "unfortunately very acute." Israel carried out the raids after around 20 rockets were fired from Syria at its forces in the Golan Heights at around midnight. It blamed the rocket fire on Iran's Al-Quds force, adding that Israel's anti-missile system intercepted four of the projectiles while the rest did not land in its territory. The incident came after weeks of rising tensions and followed USA President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from a key 2015 Iran nuclear deal on Tues. 8 May 2018, a move Israel had long advocated. (Arutz-7) Pray for God to deal swiftly and justly with those who hate Israel and the Jewish People, and who seek to destroy them.