Israel launched
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s against unknown targets near the Syrian capital Damascus late Monday, leaving two soldiers maimed, Syria’s state news agency reported.
There was no comment from the Israel Defense Forces, in line with its policy of not generally commenting on air raids in foreign countries.
The SANA news agency, citing a military source, said Syrian air defenses shot down several Israeli missiles over Damascus. Syria regularly claims to intercept Israeli missiles, though military analysts doubt such assertions.
Shortly before the Syrian media reports, Israelis near the northern border filmed Israeli Air Force jets flying overhead. SANA said the IAF jets launched their missiles from over the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel.
SANA said two soldiers were maimed as a result of the strikes. Their conditions were not immediately clear.
The state-run news agency
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added that damage had been caused to the sites that were struck. The extent of the damage was unclear.
The last strike in Syria attributed to Israel was on December 11, when a Syrian military site was targeted. Hours later, the IDF dropped threatening pamphlets in southern Syria, warning Syrian soldiers to stop cooperating with the Iran-backed
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Syrian air defenses intercepted several Israeli missiles in the early hours of Tuesday, according to Syrian state media (SANA), adding that at least two soldiers were maimed in the attack.
The strike also resulted in material damages, SANA noted.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that at least four Israeli missiles targeted positions of Iran-affiliated militias in the vicinity of Damascus, killing two unidentified individuals believed to be members of
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