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Israeli strikes shake Tartus, martyrs reported (english.almayadeen.net)

submitted 2 months ago by pinguinu@lemmygrad.ml to c/worldnews@lemmygrad.ml

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Several civilians were killed and injured in what has been described as the heaviest and most violent attacks on Syria since the onset of Israeli aggression. The intense bombardment on the city was so powerful that it caused an earthquake-like tremor, which residents could physically feel, according to Al Mayadeen's correspondent.

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[–] Arlaerion@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is ths pic real? What kind of weapon is that? Sure looks familiar but what conventional weapon does something like that?

[–] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Pictures are real, It's a ex Syrian Arab Army ammunition depot being hit and exploding, a large number of secondary explosions of all the weapons stored there caused such a huge blast. Rockets stored there cooking off and flying in all directions probably caused the civilian casualties, there were multiple videos of rockets flying and impacting far from the initial blast. Ammunition stored at a large depot like that can cook off for hours or even days afterwards.

I did a write up on it here, finding the potential facility struck on Google maps

Same link on lemmygrad