撰写CCTV News:The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) issued a statement on the 24th, saying that in response to the rocket launched by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Jehad on the 23rd, the IDF carried out air strikes on the Palestinian Gaza Strip and Jehad targets in the Syrian Arab Republic that day.
According to the IDF, Jehad fired several rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory on the 23rd, some of which were intercepted by Israel’s air defense system, and the attack did not cause Israeli casualties. Subsequently, Israeli air strikes were carried out on dozens of Jehad targets in the Gaza. According to the IDF, the targets of Israeli air strikes are underground facilities in Jehad, which are used to store raw materials for making rockets. Officials in the Palestinian Gaza said that four people were injured in Israeli air strikes. In response, Jehad said that it fired rockets at Israel in retaliation for the killing of a member of the organization by the Israeli army in the Gaza.
Subsequently, the Israel Defense Forces carried out air strikes against targets in Syria. According to the official Syrian news agency, there were many fires over Damascus, the capital of Syria, on the evening of 23rd local time, accompanied by a huge explosion. According to reports, the Syrian air defense system intercepted a number of "hostile targets" that day. These "hostile targets" come from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, and most of them have been destroyed by the Syrian air defense system. According to the IDF, Israeli troops attacked an Jehad military compound in the south of Damascus that night. The statement said that this military compound is the center of Jehad’s activities in Syria, and it is used for weapons research, development and technical training for its armed personnel.