Syria: nine dead in Israeli strikes, the heaviest toll since the beginning of the year

An Israeli army F-16 at Ramon Air Base in the Negev desert in 2013. (Illustrative image) AFP - JACK GUEZ

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Nine people were killed in strikes in Syria, attributed to Israel.

At least four Syrian soldiers were reportedly killed.

These are the deadliest raids since the beginning of the year, reports the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

According to the OSDH, the bombings targeted an ammunition depot and several military positions linked to Iran, an ally of the Damascus regime and sworn enemy of the Jewish state.

Israel almost never comments on its interventions in Syria.

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With our correspondent in Jerusalem

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Early this Wednesday morning, the Israeli army publishes press releases with photos and videos of its operations carried out this night, but none concerns its intervention near Damascus.

As always, the bombardments in Syria are carried out in the greatest clandestine manner and without comment from the Israeli side.

For once, last December, following destructive air raids against

, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett hinted at a press conference that his country was indeed at the origin strikes.

Strikes against Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah

Since the start of the war in Syria in 2011,

has regularly carried out aerial bombardments there, and in particular against positions of Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah.

According to the OSDH, among those killed this night are members of pro-Iranian militias.

Israel's objective: to prevent the regime in Tehran from extending its influence in Syria.

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