
Israel fired missiles at Syrian territory. Two people have died in an Israeli missile attack on Syria.
This was reported by the press service of the Syrian Ministry of Defense.
Although the Syrian air defense forces managed to intercept most of the ammunition, some of it did cause damage. There is destruction, two civilians were killed in the vicinity of Damascus.
Our air defense systems responded to enemy missiles and shot down most of them
- said in a statement.
Local news agency SANA suggests that the targets of the attack were the capital's airport and southeast Damascus. The defense department says that the IDF attacked the south of Syria and the outskirts of its capital. The missiles were launched from the Golan Heights, which belong to the Syrian Arab Republic and are under Israeli occupation.
Before that, the Syrian Ministry of Defense reported that the Israeli air defense forces repelled a missile attack by the Israeli army, the purpose of which was Damascus. Last week, three similar Israeli attacks on Syrian territory were recorded.
Actually, IDF strikes in Syria are not uncommon. Most often, they are directed against Iranian facilities in the country, as well as against pro-Iranian groups operating on Syrian soil. In Tel Aviv, they explain their actions by saying that they allegedly impede the supply weapons armed groups supported by Tehran.