‘Israel’ strikes targets in Syria, kills soldier

Damascus (QNN)- ‘Israel’ launched strikes against targets in Syria earlier on Wednesday, hitting anti-aircraft batteries and killing a soldier, in response to a missile fired from Syria.

Sirens were sounded in the northern Israeli-occupied Palestinian town of Umm Al-Fahm after the Syrian missile launch but it exploded in mid-air, according to the Israeli occupation forces.

“In response to the anti-aircraft missile launched from Syria earlier tonight, we just struck surface-to-air missile targets in Syria, including radar & anti-aircraft batteries,” the IOF claimed.

Syrian state media, SANA, said the country’s air defences had been activated against Israeli fire “in the vicinity of Damascus”.

Citing a military source, it said Israeli aerial attacks began shortly before 1:00 am and were accompanied at 1:10 am by surface-to-surface missile strikes “from the direction of the occupied Golan”.

“Our aerial defences confronted the enemy’s missiles and shot some of them down,” the Syrian news agency SANA said.

SANA said one soldier was killed and five others wounded, “along with material damage”.

‘Israel’ has launched hundreds of strikes in Syria since the start of the civil war in 2011.

It has targeted government troops, allied Iranian forces and fighters from Lebanese militant group, Hezbollah.