The Israeli army said its planes bombed "dozens of Iranian and Syrian targets" inside Syria overnight.
The Israeli army said in a statement that it bombed what it said were "dozens of targets for the Iranian Qods Force and Syrian forces" and destroyed surface-to-air missiles, headquarters, weapons depots and military bases.
The statement said the shelling was a "retaliatory attack in response to missiles fired by an Iranian force from Syrian territory into Israel on Tuesday night."
In turn, the Syrian News Agency confirmed that Israeli warplanes targeted the vicinity of the capital Damascus with a number of missiles from the directions of the occupied Golan and Marj Ayoun in Lebanon. It said Syrian air defenses "destroyed most of the rockets" and that three people were wounded in the Israeli shelling.
Israeli warplanes raided dozens of military targets belonging to the Iranian Qods Force and the Syrian army inside Syrian territory, including surface-to-air missiles, headquarters, weapons depots and military bases, in response to yesterday's rocket fire from Syria, Israeli military spokesman Avichai Adraei wrote on Twitter. Towards Israel. "
Israel says it has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria on targets for Iran, which is seeking a permanent military base there. It also targeted sophisticated arms shipments en route to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah.
In recent years, Israel has stepped up its bombardment in Syria, mainly targeting Syrian army positions and Iranian and Hezbollah targets.
Israel reiterates that it will continue to confront what it calls Iran's attempts to establish a military presence in Syria and send sophisticated weapons to Hezbollah.
On November 12, Israeli shelling targeted the home of Islamic Jihad leader Akram al-Ajouri in Damascus, killing his son Moaz and another person.
The raids coincided with an Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip in which the movement's leader Bahaa Abu al-Atta was martyred, which led to a military escalation that lasted for days and ended with a fragile truce agreement.