Syrian state television broadcast footage showing rescue crews searching through the rubble of a collapsed building and carrying a victim on a stretcher.
Israeli shelling in the province of Homs, in central Syria, killed at least four people, including two civilians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, while the Syrian Ministry of Defense spoke of a “certain number” of dead and wounded civilians. , without giving a more specific account at this stage.
“Four people were killed, including two civilians, in Israeli strikes in the city of Homs,” the NGO’s director, Rami Abdel Rahman, told AFP.
For its part, the Syrian Ministry of Defense reported that “the Israeli enemy carried out airstrikes from (the airspace) north of Tripoli (in Lebanon), targeting positions in the city of Homs and its surroundings (…) killing and injuring a certain number of civilians.”
Syrian state television broadcast footage showing rescue crews searching through the rubble of a collapsed building and carrying a victim on a stretcher.
According to Mr. Abdel Rahman, at least one building completely collapsed in Homs.
Since the outbreak of the war in Syria in 2011, Israel has launched hundreds of bombings in Syria, the vast majority of them from the air, targeting forces close to Iran, such as in particular the Lebanese Hezbollah movement, an ally of Damascus, as well as the Syrian army. .
Israeli attacks have multiplied since the October 7 war broke out in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, an ally of Hezbollah.
Last month, Israeli airstrikes near Damascus killed eight people, including fighters close to Iran, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based non-governmental organization with a wide network of sources in Syria.
Israel rarely publicly confirms its military operations in Syria, but has repeatedly said it will not allow Iran, which backs President Bashar al-Assad’s government, to build up its presence in the neighboring country.
Last week, the US launched airstrikes against Tehran-aligned groups in Syria and Iraq, killing dozens of people, in retaliation for a drone attack on a support base in Jordan that killed three US service members. forces.
Source :Skai
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