Israel strikes Syria in response to anti-aircraft fire By Reuters

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Israeli army mentioned it attacked missile batteries in Syria on Wednesday after an anti-aircraft missile was fired in direction of Israel throughout what Syrian state tv reported was an earlier strike round Damascus.

A army spokesperson declined to touch upon the Syrian report of an preliminary Israeli assault close to the Syrian capital which reportedly killed one soldier and injured 5.

However the army mentioned it carried out a counter-strike in Syria in response to the launching of the anti-aircraft missile. It mentioned the missile triggered sirens in elements of Israel and the occupied West Financial institution, and exploded in mid-air.

“Following the anti-aircraft missile launch earlier tonight, the Israel Protection Forces attacked surface-to-air missile batteries and radar that fired at Israeli air drive planes,” the army mentioned on Twitter (NYSE:).

Syrian state TV mentioned earlier that Syrian air defences had downed quite a lot of Israeli missiles over Damascus.

Israel launched surface-to-surface missiles from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Syrian air defences shot down a few of them, Syrian state TV mentioned.

“Israeli aggression” additionally carried out an air strike earlier on Wednesday with missiles from southeast of Lebanon’s capital Beirut, state TV added.

One Syrian soldier was killed and 5 have been wounded within the assaults, state TV reported, citing a army supply.

Israel has mounted frequent assaults towards what it says are Iranian targets in Syria, the place Tehran-backed forces led by Lebanon’s Hezbollah have supported President Bashar al-Assad over the previous decade in Syria’s civil battle.