Early in the morning on October 3, there were reports of an Israeli airstrike targeting a weapons warehouse at the Russian Khmeimim base near Latakia in Syria. These reports emerged from several conflicting sources. A notable mention by Abdullah Almousa in his X account stated that Syrian TV sources alleged the Israeli airstrike was aimed at a warehouse within the Russian base. The purported reason for this was linked to the arrival of an Iranian cargo plane from Qeshm Fars Airlines.