Air defense systems were activated on Wednesday night in the Damascus area of Syria due to an aircraft attack, killing two people and wounding a soldier, Syrian state media said early on Thursday.
Syrian reports described echoes of explosions in the sky of the town Set Zaynab, located south of Damascus. Reports said that the Kol Habira website, affiliated with the Syrian opposition, published a video of the alleged Israeli attack.
Two civilians were killed and a Syrian soldier was wounded in Israel’s airstrike on facilities near Damascus, the Sham FM radio station said, citing the Syrian defense ministry.
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Sham FM said earlier that the strike was delivered at the Khujeira area in the Deida Zeinab neighborhood on the way to Damascus’ international airport. According to the Al Hadath television channel, the strike targeted a Hezbollah base located south of the Damascus airport.