SOHR: Syrian air defenses responded to an Israeli bombing targeting south of Damascus
The official Syrian news agency, “SANA”, reported, quoting a military Source, that Israeli bombardment of sites in southern Damascus led to the injury of at least one civilian. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the bombing targeted warehouses belonging to Hezbollah and Iranian forces in the vicinity of Damascus Airport, pointing out that there were wounded, without specifying their number or nationalities.
target Israeli bombing On Friday dawn, points in southern Damascus led to the injury of at least one civilian, according to the official Syrian News Agency, “SANA”.
And the agency quoted a military Source as saying: “At 04:20 (0120 GMT) this morning, the Israeli enemy carried out an air aggression with missiles from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting some points south of the city of Damascus.”
According to the same Source, the Syrian air defense forces confronted “the aggression’s missiles and shot down most of them,” noting that “the aggression resulted in the injury of a civilian and some material losses.”
On the other hand, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the Israeli bombing targeted warehouses belonging to the Lebanese Hezbollah and Iranian forces in the vicinity of Damascus International Airport. He pointed to the escalation of the flames from at least three locations, pointing out that there were wounded, without specifying their number or nationalities.
The Hebrew state is constantly launching strikes in Syria, one of which, in May, caused the death of three Syrian officers, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. During the past years, Israel launched hundreds of air strikes in Syria, targeting Syrian army sites, Iranian targets, and targets belonging to the Lebanese Hezbollah.
Tel Aviv rarely confirms the implementation of strikes in Syria, but it reiterates that it will continue to confront what it describes as Iran’s attempts to consolidate its military presence in Syria. The Israeli army also justifies these attacks as necessary to prevent its archenemy Iran from gaining a foothold on Israel’s borders.
Tehran confirms the presence of members of its armed forces in Syria on advisory missions. Since 2013, the Lebanese Hezbollah, backed by Tehran, has been fighting openly in Syria in support of the regime’s forces.
And Syria has been engulfed since 2011 in a bloody conflict that has killed about half a million people and caused massive damage to infrastructure and led to the displacement of millions of people inside and outside the country.
Source: middleeast-24