Israel launches missiles over Damascus - Syrian state news agency
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Syrian air defences intercepted missiles Israel launched and "shot down some of them"
DAMASCUS (Reuters, AFP) – An Israeli air strike targeting Syria's capital Damascus left one Syrian soldier with "serious injuries and caused some material damage," state news agency SANA reported early on Wednesday citing a military source.
Syrian air defences intercepted missiles Israel launched at 1:05 am from the Golan Heights and "shot down some of them," the source said.
“At around 01:05 am (2205 GMT), the Israeli enemy carried out an aerial aggression from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights targeting several positions southwest of Damascus,” SANA cited a military source as saying.
The source did not provide details on the targets and said the strikes “severely wounded” a soldier and caused material damage.
While Israel rarely comments on the strikes it carries out on Syria, it has repeatedly said it will not allow its arch foe Iran to extend its footprint there.
Israel has for years been carrying out attacks against what it has described as Iran-linked targets in Syria, where Tehran's influence has grown since it began supporting President Bashar al-Assad in the civil war that started in 2011.
During more than a decade of war in Syria, Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes on its territory, primarily targeting Iran-backed forces and Lebanese Hezbollah fighters as well as Syrian army positions.
Explosions were heard in the Syrian capital early Wednesday, an AFP correspondent reported.
