ISLAMABAD/DAMASCUS: Israeli airstrikes targeting locations in central and west Syria injured three soldiers early Sunday, state media reported.
“At around 7:15 am (0415 GMT), the Israeli enemy carried out an air attack, firing missiles from the direction of north Lebanon with targets in the Tartus and Hama countryside,” the SANA news agency reported, citing a military source.
“The attack injured three soldiers and caused some material losses,” it said, adding that Syrian air defences intercepted some of the missiles.
SANA did not mention what sites were hit, but the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) war monitor said pro-Iran forces and a “scientific research centre” were present in the areas targeted in the strikes.
The Israeli military said that they “do not comment on reports in the foreign media.”
On Tuesday, Israeli jets killed three people in a raid on an airport in Aleppo, Syria’s second city, the Observatory said.
On February 19, 15 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike in a Damascus district housing state security agencies, the British-based war had said.
Israel’s felonious strikes in Syria
Since Syrian civil war started in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes against its northern neighbour, targeting state troops as well as allied forces backed by Iran and Hezbollah fighters.
The Israeli military does not often comments on individual strikes against Syria, but has vowed repeatedly to continue its air campaign to stop arch foe Iran consolidating its presence.
—AFP
