Israel Accused of Striking Syrian Site, Air Defenses Kill 4 Civilians
August 20, 2021
(JP) Four Syrian civilians were killed after regime air defenses responded to an alleged Israeli airstrike targeting sites in the Qalamoun Mountains near the capital of Damascus.
According to Halab Today news, the four were killed when regime missiles fell on residential areas in the town of Qara. Hezbollah affiliated al-Manar reported another three people were injured.
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) fired over ten anti-aircraft missiles towards Israeli jets who struck targets belonging to Iranian-backed militias overnight on Thursday.
Quoting a military source, Syrian state news agency SANA said that Israel launched airstrikes from the southeast of Lebanon’s capital Beirut “targeting some posts in the surroundings of Damascus and Homs.”
The statement added that Syrian air defenses “confronted the aggression missiles and shot down most of them, and the outcomes of the aggression are being verified.”
An incoming rocket siren alert was activated in an open area after one of the Syrian missiles exploded in the air over the Dead Sea. Shrapnel reportedly fell inside Jordan.
Israel declines to comment on foreign reports.
Story by ANNA AHRONHEIM, TZVI JOFFRE for the Jerusalem Post . Cover image Damascus, Syria.
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