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A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on February 24, 2020, reportedly
shows Syrian air defence intercepting an Israeli missile in the sky over the capital Damascus. [File: AFP]

4 Feb 2021

Syrian forces responded late on Wednesday to “Israeli aggression” in the south of the
country, the state news agency said.

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Israel launched missiles from the occupied Golan Heights at approximately 11pm (21:00
GMT) and caused material damage, the SANA state news agency reported, citing a milit-
ary source.

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“Our anti-air defences responded … and intercepted most of the enemy missiles,” the
source added.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said the Israeli bombing
hit a position belonging to “the regime forces and where pro-Iranian militias are also
present” in the southern Quneitra province.

Witnesses in the capital, Damascus, told the Reuters news agency they heard sounds of
explosions.

Israel routinely carries out raids in Syria, mostly against targets linked to Iran in what it
says is a bid to prevent its arch-foe from consolidating a foothold along its northern
border.

But the Israeli army rarely acknowledges individual raids and did not comment on the
latest reports.

However, the army has said it hit about 50 targets in the war-torn country during 2020,
without providing details.

According to the Observatory, which relies on sources on the ground in Syria, Israeli at-
tacks on eastern Syria killed 57 government and allied fighters on January 13, in the
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deadliest raids since Israel began its assaults.

On January 22, four civilians, including two children, were killed by Israeli raids in the
Syrian province of Hama, SANA reported.

At least three pro-Iran fighters were killed after Israel carried out air raids at positions in
southern Syria and south of the capital Damascus on January 7.

Iran has members of its own military as well as fighters from a variety of nationalities, in-
cluding Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, fighting in support of President Bashar al-
Assad.

Israeli jets have also been accused of violating Lebanese airspace and crisscrossing skies
over Beirut in daily, low-altitude flights that have added to jitters in the Lebanese capital.

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