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'Colossal' explosions have filled the skies in Syria as Israeli strikes are said to have targeted military sites in the 'the heaviest strikes' in the area for more than a decade - with blasts which registered on earthquake sensors. A war monitor group said that Israeli strikes had targeted military sites in Syria's coastal Tartus region. 'Israeli warplanes launched strikes' targeting a series of sites including air defence units and 'surface-to-surface missile depots', said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, in what it said were 'the heaviest strikes in Syria's coastal region since the start of strikes in 2012'. It...

The IDF in a preliminary investigation: Hamas ammunition caused the deaths of civilians in Rafah. The army began to investigate the circumstances of the death of about 45 Palestinians in northwest Rafah. Hamas blamed the IDF, but the initial investigation states that the IDF did not attack there at all. Shlomi Diaz. 20 Iyar 5784. 28.05.24 | 18:43 .. In the recording published by the IDF, one of the speakers is heard saying that "They say that they (Hamas operatives who were eliminated) sat in a meeting, and that there is (a facility) and in addition, there was ammunition that...

U.S. Marines capture huge Iraqi ammunition depot AS SAYLIYA CAMP, Qatar, April 1 (Reuters) - U.S. Marines captured a huge ammunition depot in south-central Iraq that included 40 warehouses, U.S. Central Command said on Tuesday. The facility compared in size to the ammunition dump at Camp Pendleton in southern California, which is home to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, said a Central Command statement from its war headquarters in Qatar. The Marines, who suffered no injuries in the operation on Sunday, found "scores of ammunition, rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and various other small arms," the statement said. It made no...