Mon Apr 28 02:33:06 UTC 2025: ## Israel Intercepted Iranian Aircraft Headed to Syria, Netanyahu Reveals
**Jerusalem, April 28, 2025** – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed on Sunday that Israeli warplanes intercepted Iranian aircraft en route to Syria last year, preventing the delivery of Iranian troops intended to support then-President Bashar al-Assad. Netanyahu, speaking at a Jewish News Syndicate conference, stated that Iran sought to bolster Assad’s forces after Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed group, suffered significant losses in fighting with Israel. He claimed Iran planned to send “one or two airborne divisions” but that Israel’s intervention forced them to turn back.
Netanyahu also disclosed that Israel’s preemptive detonation of hundreds of booby-trapped communication devices belonging to Hezbollah was accelerated after learning the group had sent some devices to Iran for testing. This action, he said, was taken to prevent potential threats. The revelations shed new light on Israel’s actions during the final days of Assad’s rule before his ouster in December. A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was reached in November, ending over a year of conflict, though Israeli forces remain stationed in parts of southern Lebanon.
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