Early morning local time on May 10, Iranian and Syrian Arab Army units launched their anticipated retaliatory strike against Israeli military targets in the Golan Heights. This event follows weeks of escalating Israeli airstrikes on Iranian targets in Syria, most recently on May 9 on a target reportedly affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the southern suburbs of Damascus. The initial Iranian and Syrian attack, which according to the Israel Defense Forces consisted of at least 20 rockets, was immediately met with wide-ranging Israeli counterstrikes that targeted numerous Syrian and Iranian positions across western Syria, including a large number of targets in the Damascus area. Prior to this latest escalation in the fighting, Israeli and American sources highlighted the increasing probability that the Iranians would respond militarily.