Iranian media claim Syrian, not Iranian, rockets struck Golan
Officials in Tehran have not yet responded to allegations that Iran was behind the attack on the Golan, while Iranian media are asserting that it was a Syrian strike.
Israel today launched its largest barrage of rockets to strike Syria in recent years, claiming to target all of Iran’s military infrastructure in the country. Israeli officials said that the strikes were in response to 20 Iranian rockets that had targeted the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights hours earlier. In recent months, Israel has reportedly been behind attacks on a number of Iranian sites inside Syria, including an air base used by Iranian forces.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has not yet responded to the allegation that Iranian forces were behind the Golan attack nor has an Iranian military official. If they were indeed Iranian rockets, it would be the first direct military retaliation by Iran toward Israel. Iranian media outlets have also not attributed the Golan strike to Iran, instead reporting that Syria had carried out the strikes.
![This picture taken on April 15, 2024 shows a view of a billboard depicting named Iranian ballistic missiles in service, with text in Arabic reading "the honest [person's] promise" and in Persian "Israel is weaker than a spider's web", in Valiasr Square in central Tehran. Iran on April 14 urged Israel not to retaliate militarily to an unprecedented attack overnight, which Tehran presented as a justified response to a deadly strike on its consulate building in Damascus. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-04/GettyImages-2147824297.jpg?h=ef0b945c&itok=tqqWJKVy)
