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| FILE PHOTO: Syrian police stand outside a damaged building in Mezzah, Damascus, Syria November 12, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki |
Two civilians were killed and a number of people were injured in an Israeli attack on the Syrian capital of Damascus, Syrian state media said on Wednesday.
Israel attacked Iranian and Syrian military targets in Syria on Wednesday in what it said was retaliation for rockets fired toward Israel the day before, military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Avichay Adraee said.
Syriaโs air defences were able to destroy most of the missiles fired by Israeli jets over the capital Damascus before they reached their targets, Syriaโs state news agency SANA said, quoting a military source.
Israelโs military said its missile defense system shot down four rockets fired from Syria toward Israel on Tuesday.
โWarplanes raided dozens of military targets belonging to the Iranian Quds Force and the Syrian Army inside Syrian territory, including surface-to-air missiles, headquarters, weapons depots and military bases, in response to yesterdayโs rocket fire from Syria towards Israel,โ Adraee said on Twitter.
The elite Quds Force is the overseas arm of Iranโs Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).
Israel says it has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria against Iranian targets trying to establish a permanent military presence there and against advanced weapon shipments to Tehran-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah.
โYesterdayโs Iranian attack on Israeli territory by firing missiles.. is the best proof of Iranโs real cause in Syria. The Iranian position poses a threat to Israelโs security, stability in the region, and the Syrian regime,โ Adraee said.
REUTERS
