'In reality, this is what led me to path of jihad - consciously and unconsciously - that it was a duty that we had to fulfill.'

'We are ready for UN forces to move in, to secure the area, and to drop any pretext for anyone to occupy Syrian lands.'

These battles are not just of the moment, but of eternity.

Israel reportedly stressed that it is prepared to keep troops in the Golan Heights buffer zone as long as necessary.

Locals are reportedly helping the IDF safeguard weapons left over from the Arab country's civil war.

Halevi: 'We moved forward so that these terrorist elements will not establish themselves right next to the border.'

'We have no interest in a conflict with Syria. We will determine Israeli policy regarding Syria according to the reality on the ground,' prime minister says.

Local media reported that the attacks were so powerful that they triggered minor earthquakes.

Sky News Australia slams UN bias . 'Nothing Israel does to protect itself is right while Syrians can murder each other in the hundreds of thousands and no real worries.'

Netanyahu said the downfall of the Assad regime was the 'direct result' of the 'heavy blows' Israel inflicted on Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran.

It is the first time since the conclusion of the Yom Kippur War in 1973 that Israel's military has had a presence in Syria.

The IAF carried out numerous strikes in Syria overnight Sunday, taking out weaponry that Jerusalem fears could fall into the hands of hostiles.

'Iran… reserves its right to respond to the organized terrorism of the fake Zionist regime at the appropriate time and place.'

The strikes targeted military assets and also caused “material damage,” according to the Syrian Arab News Agency.

Damage was reportedly caused to the airport runway.

Syrian state media claims Israeli missile strikes targeted sites in the Damascus area early on Monday morning.

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Shrapnel from the Syrian missile was found in the southern Bedouin town of Rahat.

The airstrikes were the first in Syria attributed to Israel since the targeting on May 1 of Aleppo International Airport.

The attack, which reportedly targeted weapons intended for Hezbollah, came a day after Iran’s foreign minister toured Lebanon’s border with Israel.

The Israeli military also dropped leaflets warning Syrian soldiers against cooperating with the Iranian terror proxy.

'The IDF sees the State of Syria responsible for all activities occurring within its territory and will not allow any attempts to violate Israeli sovereignty,'

The army is investigating the incident, which comes after a series of missile strikes against Iranian targets in Syria attributed to Israel.

Iranian media names second IRGC casualty of March 31 strike attributed to Israel near Damascus.

Israel unveiled a map of military facilities in Syria that Iran uses to produce missiles for the Hezbollah terror organization.

It was reported that the IDF struck military positions associated with the Syrian army and the Hezbollah terrorist organization.

The strike on Syria’s main commercial port is the second attributed to Israel this month.