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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said an ammunition depot and several positions linked to Iran’s military presence in Syria were among the targets.
Air defenses intercepted an Israeli missile strike near the capital, state media reported earlier on Wednesday.
"Our air defenses confronted an Israeli aggression over the outskirts of Damascus," the SANA news agency said.
AFP correspondents in the Syrian capital said they heard loud explosions.
Since civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes inside the country, targeting government positions as well as allied Iran-backed forces and fighters of
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Hezbollah.While Israel rarely comments on individual strikes, it has acknowledged mounting hundreds since 2011.
The conflict in Syria has killed nearly half a million people and forced around half of the country’s pre-war population from their homes.
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“The Israeli enemy carried out an air assault at dawn... targeting several positions around Damascus,” a military source was quoted as saying by the state news agency SANA. “The investigation indicated that four soldiers were killed, three others injured and material damage noted.”
The latest strike follows another near Damascus on April 14, without casualties, according to SANA.
The UK-based Observatory, which relies on a vast network of sources across Syria, said eight people were also wounded in the strikes.
The other four killed were not members of the Syrian military but belonged to Iran-backed militia, Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said, adding that he could not verify their nationality.
He said at least five separate sites were targeted in the latest Israeli raid.