Israel launches new missile strike on Syria’s capital, targets residential buildings, killing civilians
Israel has launched a fresh missile attack on the Syrian capital Damascus and areas around it, as the regime continues its acts of aggression against the Arab country.
According to Syria’s official SANA news agency, the country’s air defenses responded to Israel’s new missile attack, which took place early Sunday, intercepting most of those missiles.
Following the attack, SANA said, the Israeli missiles hit a number of residential buildings mostly in Kafr Sousa neighborhood in central Damascus.
أضرار مادية كبيرة في عدد من الأبنية السكنية بـ #دمشق جراء العـ*دوان الإسـ*رائيلي pic.twitter.com/qOUEHiLYk9
— الوكالة العربية السورية للأنباء - سانا (@SanaAjel) February 18, 2023
Meanwhile, al-Mayadeen news agency reported that the Israeli strike hit areas in Damascus countryside, Kafr Sousa neighborhood, and Tal al-Masih near the city of Shahba, north of al-Suwayda in southwestern Syria.
مشاهد تصدي الدفاعات السورية للعدوان الإسرائيلي في سماء #دمشق. #سوريا pic.twitter.com/f8sCcqTCuH
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) February 18, 2023
A Syrian military source was quoted by SANA as saying that the Israeli missiles were fired from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights, targeting some locations in Damascus and its suburbs, including residential neighborhoods inhabited by civilians. The source said most of the Israeli missiles were shot down by Syria’s air defenses.
#عاجل || #سانا
— الوكالة العربية السورية للأنباء - سانا (@SanaAjel) February 18, 2023
مصدر عسكري: في تمام الساعة 22 : 00 من فجر اليوم نفذ العـ.دو الإسـ.رائيلي عـ.دواناً جوياً برشقات من الصواريخ من اتجاه #الجولان_السوري المحتل مستهدفاً
بعض النقاط في مدينة #دمشق ومحيطها من ضمنها أحياء سكنية مأهولة بالمدنيين،
Syria's health ministry said five people were killed in the strike, including one soldier, while fifteen others were wounded, some of whom in critical condition.
استشهاد خمسة وإصابة 15 جراء عدوان إسرائيلي على نقاط في دمشق ومحيطها بينها أحياء سكنية
— الوكالة العربية السورية للأنباء - سانا (@SanaAjel) February 19, 2023
2023-02-19#دمشق || #سانا👇https://t.co/FrY6YWjiT1 pic.twitter.com/fY1pJw04n0
A Syrian security source was also quoted by SANA as confirming that the country's air defenses had shot down most of the Israeli missiles before they reached their target.
The source added that technical and engineering teams were assessing the damage caused by the new Israeli act of aggression.
Israel frequently carries out missile attacks on targets in Syria, mostly using the airspace of Lebanon or the occupied territories.
Syrian has repeatedly complained to the UN over Israeli assaults, urging the Security Council to take action against Tel Aviv’s crimes. The calls have, however, fallen on deaf ears.
In early November 2022, Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Faisal Mekdad emphasized that his country will definitely give a crushing response to such acts of aggression at some point in the future.
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