The Israeli missile attack on the Syrian province of Damascus has left four servicemen injured, the Syrian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
Earlier in the day, air raid sirens sounded in the village of Abu Qrenat, several miles from Israel's Negev Nuclear Research Center. Minutes after that, Syrian media reported that the national air defense forces were repelling an Israeli missile attack.
The Israeli Defense Forces said they had attacked targets in Syria in response to the missile launch.
"Approximately at 01:38 today [22:38 GMT on Wednesday], Israel committed an act of air aggression with the use of missiles from the occupied Golan Heights, having hit some targets in the outskirts of Damascus. Our air defense systems have repelled the aggression and downed the majority [of missiles]. The aggression left four servicemen injured and caused some material damage," the ministry said in a statement. SPUTNIK
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The Syrian Arab Army air defenses on Thursday at dawn repelled an Israeli aggression with missiles on the vicinity of Damascus, and downed most of the hostile missiles.
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The source added that the aggression “caused the injury of four soldiers and some material damages.”
On April 8th, the Syrian Arab Army air defenses repelled an Israeli aggression with missiles on some sites in the surroundings of Damascus and downed most of the hostile missiles.