Ain es Saheb airstrike

Ain es Saheb airstrike
Part of the Al-Aqsa Intifada
IAF video of the strike
Operational scopeStrategic
ObjectiveDestruction of the site in Ain es Saheb, Syria
Date5 October 2003
Executed by Israeli Air Force
OutcomeSuccessful strike on alleged militant site
Casualties1 injured
munitions destroyed

The Ain es Saheb airstrike occurred on 5 October 2003 and was the first overt Israeli military operation in Syria since the 1973 Yom Kippur War.