An Israeli attack late on Monday night killed one soldier, wounded seven others, including two civilians, and shut down the international airport in Aleppo (north), Syria’s second largest, a source said. close to the Syrian army in state media.

Syrian air defense intercepted Israeli missiles and shot down several, Syrian state media reported earlier.

The source said the Israeli attack took place at 23:35 targeting the airport and locations on the outskirts of the Syrian city. Material damage was caused, he added.

The airport in Aleppo was targeted by Israeli airstrikes twice in March. The first raid (March 7) killed three people, the second (22nd) caused material damage, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a non-governmental organization based in Britain that has a wide network of sources in the country.

Since the outbreak of war in Syria in 2011, Israel has launched hundreds of strikes on Syrian territory, the vast majority of them from the air, against positions of the Syrian armed forces and their allies, Iranian forces and pro-Iranian armed groups, especially Lebanon’s Hezbollah. He rarely officially confirms his operations in this undeclared war, however he often declares that he will not allow Iran, his sworn enemy, to build a bridgehead or extend its influence on his doorstep.