4 soldiers were killed in Israeli air strikes on Syria

Israeli armored vehicles near the border with Syria.

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The Syrian army announced that Israeli air strikes targeted areas in central and on the coast of Syria early yesterday morning, killing four soldiers and wounding a fifth.

State media quoted a Syrian military official as saying that Israeli warplanes flew over the Mediterranean and fired missiles at military sites on the coast and central Syria.

And the Syrian News Agency confirmed that the Syrian air defenses responded to the attack, which also caused material losses, and the agency quoted a military source as saying that at about 6:30 am yesterday, Israel carried out an air aggression from over the Mediterranean from the direction of Banias, targeting some points in the central region. and coastal.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported hearing explosions in the coastal province of Latakia, as well as the areas of Hama and Homs in central Syria, while the Israeli army declined to comment.

Israeli missiles hit a major air base in the Homs region of Syria this month, killing two soldiers and wounding three.

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