Syrian state media is reporting that airstrikes attributed to Israel have focused Syria’s capital metropolis, the primary such strikes in a month
BEIRUT (AP) — Airstrikes attributed to Israel focused Syria’s capital metropolis late Sunday, the primary such strikes in almost a month, Syrian state media reported.
Syrian air defenses responded to the strikes within the neighborhood of Damascus and shot down a few of them, state information company SANA reported. The assault brought about solely “materials harm,” it mentioned.
The final suspected Israeli airstrike on Syria was on Might 2, focusing on the worldwide airport within the northern Syrian metropolis of Aleppo. The assault killed one Syrian soldier and put the airport out of fee, state media mentioned on the time.
There was no rapid assertion from Israeli authorities concerning Sunday’s strikes on Damascus.
Britain-based opposition battle monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights mentioned Israeli missiles had focused websites utilized by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which is allied with the Syrian authorities, and that ambulances had transported individuals wounded within the strikes.
The observatory mentioned the assault was the seventeenth by Israel on Syrian territory for the reason that starting of the 12 months.
Israel, which has vowed to cease Iranian entrenchment subsequent door, has carried out a whole bunch of strikes on targets in government-controlled components of neighboring Syria in recent times, however not often acknowledges them.
Nevertheless, Israel’s protection minister, Yoav Gallant, mentioned earlier this month in an handle at a safety convention that the brand new Israeli authorities has enormously elevated the variety of strikes on Iranian targets since taking workplace late final 12 months.
Final week, an Israeli military spokesperson mentioned in an announcement that an Israeli drone conducting a surveillance mission in Syrian airspace “got here underneath fireplace by small arms” and Israeli forces responded with machine gun fireplace.
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Albert Aji reported from Damascus.