Syria repels Israeli strike, anti-aircraft missile fragments hit Israel

By Reuters: Syria stated it repelled a missile salvo on Sunday from Israel, the place police reported that remnants of a Syrian anti-aircraft missile struck a distant city with out inflicting accidents.

Israel has in latest months intensified strikes on Syrian airports and air bases to disrupt Iran’s rising use of aerial provide traces to ship arms to allies in Syria and Lebanon, together with Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

Syrian state media stated air defences intercepted Israeli missiles throughout central components of the nation, downing most of them. A Syrian military assertion stated missiles that flew over components of Lebanon’s capital Beirut hit places within the neighborhood of the town of Homs, ensuing solely in materials harm.

Reuters couldn’t instantly verify the report.

An Israeli navy spokesperson stated warplanes struck targets together with a Syrian air defence battery from which an anti-aircraft missile was launched in direction of Israel.

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After a mid-air explosion heard throughout Israel, remnants of the Syrian missile landed in Rahat, a city some 180 km (110 miles) south of the armistice line between the international locations, Israeli police stated. There was no phrase of any casualties.

Local media confirmed what gave the impression to be the blackened entrance finish of a giant missile, standing upright in an open space amongst residential buildings, and tail-fins in a discipline.

The Israeli navy stated its warplanes have been unscathed.

The Israeli strikes are a part of an escalation of what has been a low-intensity battle persevering with for years with a objective of slowing Iran’s rising entrenchment in Syria, Israeli navy specialists say.

Tehran’s affect has grown in Syria because it started supporting President Bashar al-Assad within the civil battle that began in 2011.

Fighters allied to Iran, together with Hezbollah, now maintain sway in areas in jap, southern and northwestern Syria and in a number of suburbs across the capital.