“The Israeli enemy carried out an air attack with bursts of missiles from the direction north-east of Beirut, targeting some points in the central region,” a military official told the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) early on Wednesday morning, adding that another two civilians were “seriously injured” alongside the two killed.
Six soldiers were also wounded in the strikes, which came around 1:30am local time and also inflicted “some material losses,” the officer went on, though did not elaborate.
Unconfirmed footage circulating online purported to show one of the munitions in mid-air over Homs, however no Syrian interceptors were seen in the brief clip.
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Syrian media reported last night (Wednesday) an attack in the central Homs district. It was also reported that the target of the attack was probably a shipment of weapons intended for Hezbollah. According to the Syrian media, two civilians were killed in the attack, which was attributed to Israel, and seven people were injured, including six soldiers and one civilian.
ReplyDeleteEarlier this month, Syrian media reported that explosions had been heard in the Homs area and the city of Tartus. The Air Force reportedly attacked Syria in different areas simultaneously, in the Homs area and the Tartus port area.
A military source reported two wounded during the attack. According to various estimates, the targets of the attack were weapons depots in which Shiite militias operating in Syria store advanced weapons coming from Iran. According to another report, a weapons production site was also attacked.