Israeli warplanes launched an early Sunday raid against Syrian air defense positions from which the missile that exploded earlier over the southern is believed to have been launched. IsraelLt. Col. Avihai Andrai, spokesman for the Israeli army, announced today.
Fragments of an S-200 missile fell in the Rahat area (south), about 180 kilometers away from the border with Syria, according to the Jerusalem Post newspaper.
Israeli warplanes also launched attacks on other targets on Syrian territory, while no casualties were reported from the fragments of the missile that fell on Israeli territory, Lt. Col. Andrai said.
Earlier, the Syrian news agency SANA, citing military sources, reported that Israel launched a new air strike in Syria, near the city of Homs, which is controlled by government forces. Syria’s air defenses intercepted some missiles on the northern outskirts of Homs, where “material damage” was reported, according to the same source.
On June 14, a Syrian soldier was injured in an Israeli airstrike in the Damascus area.
Israel has intensified its airstrikes in recent months Syriatargeting positions of the Syrian armed forces and their allies, especially Iranian forces and pro-Iranian armed organizations such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah.
Source: News Beast
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