Israeli airstrikes hit central and coastal areas of Syria early Saturday, killing 4 troopers and wounding one, the Syrian navy stated.
State media quoted an unidentified Syrian navy official as saying that Israeli warplanes flying over the Mediterranean fired missiles towards navy positions in coastal and central Syria.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition warfare monitor, reported that load explosions have been heard within the coastal province of Latakia in addition to Hama and Homs areas in central Syria. It gave no additional particulars.
Israel has carried out tons of of strikes on targets inside government-controlled elements of Syria lately, however hardly ever acknowledges or discusses such operations.
Israel has acknowledged, nevertheless, that it targets bases of Iran-allied militant teams, comparable to Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which has despatched hundreds of fighters to assist Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces.
