Israelâs latest attacks on the neighbouring countries comes amid fears of broader conflict across the Middle East.
Israel has carried out strikes against military infrastructure in Syria and Lebanon, its military has said, amid concerns the countryâs offensive against Hamas could devolve into broader conflict across the Middle East.
Israeli fighter jets struck rocket launchers in Syria and Hezbollah targets in Lebanon in response to earlier rocket launches into Israeli territory, Israelâs military said early on Monday.
Some of the airstrikes targeted army posts in the south-western Syrian city of Daraa, Syriaâs defence ministry said, leading to âsome material losses.â
The ministry said Israel had struck at around 1:35 am (2335 GMT) âfrom the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting two positions of our armed forces in the Daraa countryside.â
Israelâs military has been engaged in cross-border fighting with the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah and has launched repeated air raids on Syria since launching its war on Hamas.
The United States has also carried out attacks on Syria in response to a sharp rise in rocket and drone attacks on its forces in Syria and Iraq, which it has blamed on Iran-backed proxy groups.
On Thursday, the Pentagon said it had carried out strikes on two facilities in Syria used by Iranâs Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Iran-backed groups after President Joe Biden earlier pledged to respond to attacks on US personnel.
Iranâs Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned of regional escalation if Israel continues its war against Hamas, saying earlier this month that, âMuslims and resistance forces will become impatient, and no one can stop them.â
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that the conflict could spill âbeyond the borders of the Middle Eastâ if Israel did not end its bombardment of Gaza.
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday said in an interview with ABC News that there is a ârealâ risk of the war escalating into a wider regional conflict.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told CNN on Saturday that his country did not want to see the war spread and that it was âtotally wrongâ for Washington to blame Tehran for attacks on its forces without providing proof.
Iran, which backs both Hamas and Hezbollah, has denied any role in Hamasâs October 7 attacks on Israel. US and Israeli officials have said they have not found evidence of its involvement.
Iranian government officials, however, offered their congratulations to the Palestinian armed group, describing the surprise attack as a victory for âthe anti-Zionist resistanceâ.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES