Israel claimed this week that it has crippled any strategic military capabilities Syria might have possessed in a wave of military attacks that commenced shortly after the swift collapse of President Bashar Asaad’s regime in Damascus.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday during a visit to the Syrian border that the country’s strikes on Hezbollah and Iran contributed to the fall of Syria’s Assad regime. Israel has warred with Iran and its proxy group over the 14 months since the Oct.