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Syria fires anti-aircraft missile toward Israel during reported Israeli strike
The Arab News reported, citing Reuters, Syrian state television reported an Israeli strike around Damascus on Wednesday and the Israeli military said a Syrian anti-aircraft missile was fired toward Israel, triggering sirens and exploding in mid-air.
The alert in northern Israel and parts of the occupied West Bank coincided with reports on Syrian state TV that Syrian air defenses had downed a number of Israeli missiles over Damascus.
An Israeli military spokesperson declined to comment on the report that Israel had carried out a missile strike.
The Israeli military said on Twitter: “The launch of an anti-aircraft missile from Syrian territory toward Israel was identified," adding that “The missile exploded in mid-air and there was no need to intercept it.”
Syrian air defenses intercept Israeli missile barrage targeting vicinity of Damascus
It should be noted that Israel has mounted frequent attacks against what it says are Iranian targets in Syria, where Tehran-backed forces led by Lebanon’s Hezbollah have supported President Bashar Assad over the past decade in Syria’s civil war.
Source: arabnews
