‘Israel has attacked Iranian ships dozens of times in recent years’

Until the report in the WSJ last week, Israeli operations against Iranian attempts to entrench itself in Syria were believed to be carried out solely by the Israeli Air Force alongside some special covert operations. The IAF reportedly carries out routine airstrikes against Iranian targets throughout the country. Earlier this week, such an attack was reported against a weapons shipment near Damascus.

Maariv quoted sources claiming that the Israeli attacks against Iranian vessels have led to an approximately $1 billion loss to Hezbollah over the last three years. Hezbollah receives about $900 million annually from Iran to help fund its operations and procurement of weaponry.