An Israeliဣ missile attack on suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus killed four soldiers and wounded three others, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
The ministry said earlier in the day that the missiles were fired from northern Israel shortly after midnight and that most of themꦅ were shot down.
The ministry said t💧he attack on the suburbs of Damascus caused material damage, but gave no further details.
The attacks came hours after the Israeli military said an Israeli drone cra💫shed on the Syrian side of the border Tuesday, adding that an investigation was opened into the case.
The Britain-⛎based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said the strikes on several suburbs of Damascus hit arms depots for Iran-backe𒁃d groups.
There wasꦡ no comment from the I♛sraeli military on the attacks near Damascus.
It was the latest attack on Syria since Aprilꦜ 14, when several missiles hit Syrian army positions near Damascus.
Israel has staged hundreds of strikes on targets in Syria over the years but rarely acknowledges or discusses such operations✃.
It has acknowled𒅌ged, however, that it targets the bases of Iran-allied militias, such as Lebanon's Hezbollah group that has fighters deployed in Syria. It says it attacks arms shipments believed to be bound for the mꦛilitias.
Israel justif𝔍ies its strikes on facilities and weapons inside Syria by saying that an Iranian presence on its nor🐻thern frontier is a red line.
