At least eight Syrian soldiers were killed and seven others were wounded this Wednesday due to an attack carried out by Israeli aircraft against the southern province of Deraa, from where projectiles were launched towards the Jewish State on Tuesday night, reported the official Syrian news agency SANA.
The Israeli action originated at dawn “from the direction of the Golan”, Syrian territory occupied by Israel, and targeted several positions of forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, according to SANA, which cites an unidentified military source. .
The source explained that the attack caused the death of eight Syrian soldiers, in addition to wounding another seven and material damage yet to be quantified.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) also reported that in the early hours of this Wednesday they attacked Syrian army positions “in response to rocket fire from Syria towards Israel yesterday [this Tuesday], aircraft IDF fighter jets attacked military infrastructure and mortar launchers belonging to the Syrian army,” the IDF reported on its X (formerly Twitter) account.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an NGO based in the United Kingdom and a wide network of collaborators on the ground, said in a statement that Israeli aviation managed to destroy weapons warehouses and an anti-aircraft defense radar.
Likewise, it raised the death toll to eleven, among whom there were at least four officers, according to the note.
A few hours before this attack, Israel had reported two projectile launches from Syrian territory, which according to the Observatory also originated in the province of Deraa, and attributed the action to “fighters loyal” to the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah.
Both Hezbollah and other armed groups supported by Iran are present in Syrian territory and are allies of the government of President Bashar al-Assad, while Israel considers their presence in that neighboring country as a threat to Israeli security.
Third incident
Last night's launch from Syria was the third since the start of the war between Israel and the Gaza militias, after two others already took place from Deraa and the neighboring province of Quneitra on October 14 and 10, respectively.
The Jewish State had already responded to the latest projectiles by attacking Aleppo International Airport, in northwest Syria, with missiles.
Since the outbreak of the Gaza war, Israeli aviation has also launched two other simultaneous attacks against that same airfield and that of Damascus, which have been temporarily out of service after suffering damage from the impacts.
Israel attacks Syrian territory relatively frequently, often targeting the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah or other pro-Iran militias allied with Damascus.