SOHR: Syrian Soldiers Killed in Israeli Missile Attack

According to state media, air defense shot down most missiles and the attack caused some physical loss.

Syrian air defense forces faced an Israeli missile attack targeting the southern part of the country, killing Syrian soldiers, the State News Agency (SANA) quoted military sources on Thursday.

“At around 12:50 am, Israeli enemies launched air raids with several missiles in the direction of occupied Syrian Golan, targeting several locations in the south,” according to military sources quoted by SANA. ..

Syria’s air defense was able to “shoot down most of the missiles,” sources added, “the attack caused the death and property damage of soldiers.”

Since the outbreak of the civil war in Syria in 2011, Israel has made hundreds of strikes against targets in the Damascus government-controlled area, admitting and discussing such operations. That is rare.

Earlier this month, Syrian troops said Israeli fighters had launched missiles. At the port of Latakia, Damages the container, but does not cause any casualties. The port of Latakia is an important facility where many of Syria’s imports are brought into war-torn countries.

Israeli missile attacks in western Homs also killed five people in late November, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Two Israeli attacks in October killed five pro-Iranian militias near Damascus, the capital of Syria, at the T4 Air Force Base in eastern Palmyra in central Syria, according to a UK-based Syrian rights group. Nine pro-government militias were killed nearby.

Israel has admitted that it is targeting Iranian alliance militia bases, such as the Hezbollah group in Lebanon, which has deployed fighters in Syria. It says it attacks weapons transport believed to be aimed at the militia.

Hezbollah is fighting on the side of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s army in a civil war 10 years ago.

Israel says Iran’s presence on its northern frontier is a red line, justifying strikes on facilities and weapons within Syria.

The conflict in Syria has killed nearly 500,000 people since it began in 2011 with the brutal crackdown on peaceful demonstrations.