Official Syrian media said that Israel carried out a missile attack on military sites south of Damascus on Monday evening, killing two people, wounding 7 others, and causing material damage.
The "SANA" news agency quoted a military source as saying that "at exactly 22:40 pm today (Monday, Damascus time), the Zionist enemy launched an air strike from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan on some of our military sites south of Damascus. Our air defense, and most of the missiles were shot down before reaching their targets. "
The source added that the attack "led to two martyrs, wounding 7 soldiers and material damage."
Meanwhile, local sources told Al-Jazeera that powerful explosions were heard near the city of Izraa in the northern countryside of Daraa, south of Damascus.
On the other hand, the director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel-Rahman - told the French Press Agency - that Israel bombed military sites of the Syrian regime forces southwest of Damascus, and others belonging to the Lebanese Hezbollah and groups loyal to it in the northern countryside of Daraa, and added that the bombing resulted in the fall of 5 At least two dead, including two Syrian soldiers.
Israel rarely confirms that it has carried out raids in Syria, but it repeats that it continues to oppose what it describes as Iran's attempts to support the Syrian regime, to establish its military presence in Syria and to send advanced weapons to the Lebanese Hezbollah.
In recent weeks, the region has witnessed tensions between Hezbollah and Israel, and Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah has vowed to respond to the killing of one of its members in a missile attack in Syria last July.