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Syria: Four soldiers killed in Israeli strikes near Damascus

Four additional soldiers were wounded in the attack, which also caused material damage, according to official Syrian media.

Screenshot of an Israeli air strike in the Damascus area. Source: Twitter
Screenshot of an Israeli air strike in the Damascus area. Source: Twitter

Four soldiers were killed and four others wounded in an Israeli missile strike near Damascus early on Monday, according to Syrian state media.

The Syrian Arab News Agency cited a military official as saying that the attack occurred at 2:20 a.m. and came from the direction of the Golan Heights. The strikes also caused some material damage, according to the source.

It was the first strike in Syria attributed to Israel since July 19, when SANA reported that two soldiers had been wounded in Israeli strikes in the Damascus area.

Israel has reportedly struck hundreds of targets in Syria in recent years as part of an effort to prevent Iranian military entrenchment in the country. However, it rarely acknowledges these incidents.

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