Israel launches missile strikes on Syria

Israel launches missile strikes on Syria

Israel launched ground-to-ground missile strikes on Syrian targets south of Damascus. This was announced on Thursday, February 17, in the command of the Syrian army.

“On Wednesday at about 11:35 pm (00:35 Thursday Moscow time), Israel launched several surface-to-surface missile strikes from the territories of the occupied Golan Heights against targets in the area of ​​the settlement of Zakia, south of Damascus,” the statement said.

There is no information about the injured or dead.

It is noted that material damage has been caused.

On February 9, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that from the area of ​​the occupied Golan Heights, the Israel Defense Forces launched a strike with ten ground-to-ground missiles at the positions of the air defense forces of the Syrian army, killing one and wounding five Syrian soldiers.

Later that day, Russian-made Syrian air defenses destroyed eight missiles fired by Israel.

On the night of February 9, Syrian air defenses repelled an air attack in the skies over Damascus. Social media users circulated videos showing footage of the incident.

At the end of December, the Syrian side reported several air attacks. One of them was made on December 31 from Riyak, east of Beirut, at some points in the vicinity of Damascus.

In addition, on December 28, Syrian air defenses repelled an Israeli attack on the commercial port of Latakia. An Israeli attack hit the port’s container yard, causing extensive property damage and a fire.

Source: IZ

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