GAZA: The Israeli army has said that it had struck military infrastructure inside Syria in response to earlier launches towards Israel.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that its “fighter jets struck military infrastructure and mortar launchers belonging to the Syrian Army in response to the launches toward Israel yesterday (Tuesday)”. A military spokesperson told AFP the strikes were inside Syria.

Fears are growing that Israel’s war with Hamas will create wider regional turmoil, and especially further inflame existing tensions with Syria and the Iran-backed Hezbollah group in Lebanon. Israeli strikes on Sunday put war-torn Syria’s two main airports out of service, according to Syrian state media.

While Israeli strikes have repeatedly caused the grounding of flights at the government-controlled airports in the capital Damascus and the northern city of Aleppo, it is the second time since this month’s conflict between Israel and Hamas began that the two sites have been struck simultaneously.