Israeli warplanes have struck sites south of the Syrian capital, triggering the country’s air defenses for the second time since Monday evening, local media reported, noting that the alleged missile attack left one non-combatant wounded and inflicted “material losses.”
Israel “carried out an air aggression”The attack targeted Damascus’ outer suburbs on Friday at around 4.20am local time, according to Syrian Arab News Agency. This source cited an unknown military source.
“The aggression resulted in the injury of a civilian and the infliction of some material losses,”The official added that the attack was directed at the Israel-occupied Golan Heights, and that “most”The missiles were taken out of range.
This latest report comes just days after Syrian authorities reported similar strikes targeting areas in the capital. “Israeli aggression.”Although no injuries were reported, one missile did cause property damage.
A separate attack that occurred on May 13 claimed to have left five victims, one civilian and seven other people wounded. According to the Syrian military, a child was one of those who were injured.
Israel has repeatedly bombed Syria throughout the country’s decade-long struggle against jihadist insurgents, and while it rarely confirms such operations, officials have frequently complained of the alleged threat posed by Iranian fighters deployed to assist Syrian forces. But Benjamin Netanyahu, former prime minister, stated his country previously had done so. “hundreds”A number of air strikes were conducted on Syrian territory.
Bashar Assad, the Syrian president, spoke to RT last weekend to discuss the Israeli military action. He suggested that it was intended to support terrorist groups. Despite years of Western and regional support, the regime in Damascus failed to overthrow the government.
“The Israeli interference at the beginning was linked directly to when the terrorists collapsed in Syria,”He said. “When the terrorists began to retreat and their morale collapsed, the Israeli intervention was necessary to raise their morale and to re-mobilize them. What Israel is doing now comes within this framework and nothing else.”
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