SOHR: Israel strikes southern Damascus

An Israeli missile assault early Friday hit a number of targets south of the Syrian capital Damascus, wounding no less than one civilian, state media stated.
“At 4:20 a.m. (0120 GMT) … the Israeli enemy carried out an aerial aggression by firing a volley of missiles from the occupied Golan Heights,” SANA reported.
Syrian air defenses intercepted many of the missiles however people who reached their goal left no less than one civilian wounded and brought on materials injury, SANA stated.
In keeping with the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the Israeli raids hit arms depots belonging to the Lebanese Shiite motion Hezbollah, in addition to different Iran-backed teams close to Damascus airport.
The monitor, which depends on a large community of sources throughout Syria, stated that no less than three such positions have been hit, leaving quite a few folks wounded.
Since civil battle broke out in Syria in 2011, Israel has carried out tons of of air strikes towards its neighbor, concentrating on authorities troops in addition to allied Iran-backed forces and Hezbollah fighters.
Whereas Israel hardly ever feedback on particular person strikes, it has acknowledged finishing up tons of of them.
The Israeli army says the strikes are essential to forestall its arch-foe Iran from gaining a foothold on its doorstep.
The battle in Syria began with the brutal repression of peaceable protests and escalated to drag in international powers and international jihadists.
The battle has killed practically half one million folks and compelled round half of the nation’s pre-war inhabitants from their houses.