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On December 30 afternoon, a series of Israeli strikes hit the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency.
Citing a Syrian military official, the state-run news agency reported that Israeli fighter jets launched missiles from over the Mediterranean Sea, to the west of Latakia, hitting several positions in the southern outskirts of Aleppo. The unnamed official said that the attack resulted in “material losses.”
This was the third attack to target Syrian territory in less than a day. In the early morning, a series of strikes hit the eastern town of al-Bukamal near the border with Iraq.
Lebanese Hezbollah, a close ally of the Syrian government, later mourned four fighters, who were reportedly killed in the attack. The group said the fighters were killed “on the road to Jerusalem.” The U.S. didn’t claim responsibility, which means that the attack was most likely carried out by Israel.
Later in the morning, the Israeli military announced strikes on Syria in response to a rocket attack that targeted the occupied Golan Heights a day earlier. Retaliatory strikes targeted the outskirts of the southern town of Hader and a military post at the nearby hilltop of Qurs al-Nafl. There were no reports of casualties however.
Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes against Syria over the past decade, often hitting targets of Hezbollah and other Iranian-backed forces, but it rarely acknowledges or discusses the operations.
The number of Israeli attacks on the war-torn country has significantly increased since the outbreak of the war in the Palestinian Gaza Strip.
