This is the second Israeli airstrike on Syria this month. (representative)
Damascus:
Israeli shelling struck a city south of Damascus on Wednesday night, causing material damage, Syrian state media said.
This is the second Israeli airstrike on Syria this month, after the Jewish state targeted anti-aircraft batteries on February 9 in response to a missile fired from Syria.
“The Israeli enemy launched an attack with several surface-to-surface missiles” from the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, targeting the city of Zakiya around 11:35 p.m. (21:35 GMT), SANA said, citing a military source. †
A war observer said the target of Wednesday’s shelling was a Syrian army post.
“The shelling was aimed at a regime military post,” Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP.
The UK-based monitor relies on a broad network of sources in Syria.
Since the civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes against government positions as well as Iran-backed troops and fighters of the Shia militant movement Hezbollah.
Israel has repeatedly said it wants to prevent its nemesis Iran from expanding a footprint in Syria.
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