New, higher-quality footage has emerged showing the aftermath of the Israeli strike on a military airport in Syria this week, according to The Zioneer. The footage, released Friday morning, provides a clearer view of the damage from the attack.
New, higher-quality footage obtained by The Zioneer, released early Friday morning, provides a clearer view of the damage inflicted by the Israeli strike on a military airport in Syria earlier this week. The footage, which emerged at approximately 07:58 Jerusalem time, offers a more detailed perspective on the attack's aftermath, following satellite imagery published Wednesday that confirmed extensive damage.
The Zioneer's intelligence desk first reported the strike on Wednesday, Aug 19, at 06:15 Jerusalem, noting damage to runways at an unnamed military airport. Earlier that morning, Israel accepted responsibility for the operation and provided an official rationale, according to The Zioneer. A Hezbollah-affiliated report later identified the target as the Abu al-Duhur airbase near Aleppo, claiming all four runways were destroyed. By 06:15 that same day, satellite imagery obtained by Reuters confirmed multiple craters on the runways of Abu al-Duhur, corroborating earlier reports. The thread also included separate reports of a strike on the Kuweires military base east of Aleppo, which reportedly targeted two aircraft, though the satellite imagery focused on Abu al-Duhur.
As The Zioneer reported Wednesday, the strike is part of a pattern of Israeli operations against Iranian-linked targets in Syria. The Hezbollah-affiliated outlet Al-Akhbar reported that reconstruction work at Abu al-Duhur involving Turkey was underway at the time of the attack, and that the base had been used for Syrian Air Force training operations days prior.
The specific identity of the airport shown in the new footage has not been officially confirmed, and no casualty figures have been reported. The footage does not reveal the full extent of damage to aircraft or infrastructure beyond runway damage, which had already been documented by satellite.
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