BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli missiles focused a western Syrian metropolis on Sunday wounding three Syrian troopers, Syrian state media reported.
The official information company SANA, citing a navy supply, stated the missiles have been fired at Masyaf in Hama province at daybreak. Syria’s air defenses shot a number of of them down.
No deaths have been reported. Pictures from SANA present that the missiles could have landed on farmland.
There was no quick remark from Israel, which has staged tons of of strikes on targets in Syria through the years. Nonetheless, it hardly ever acknowledges or discusses such operations. It says it targets bases of Iran-allied militias, notably Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group. Hezbollah has fighters deployed in Syria and preventing on the aspect of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s authorities forces. Israel additionally says it targets arms shipments believed to be certain for the militias.
Israel beforehand attacked Masyaf in Might and August 2022 killing 5 individuals and wounding two. In keeping with the Britain-based opposition battle monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the assaults focused weapons depots belonging to Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and Iran-backed militias.