Israel Reportedly Assassinates Syrian Air Defense Officer

Media outlets active in Syria were reporting early Monday that Israel had hit targets in Syria belonging to the Lebanese Shi’ite terror militia Hezbollah, adding to the tense atmosphere on Israel’s northern border. The reports came a few hours after Israel’s Channel 2 reported that an Israeli UAV had struck a vehicle on a road in the Quneitra zone of southwest Syria, killing Yasser al-Sayed, a commander in the Syrian air defense forces.