Four civilians, including two children, were killed shortly before dawn in Syria on Friday by missiles fired by Israel at the central province of Hama, the official Syrian agency Sana reported.
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Since the outbreak of war in its neighbor Syrian in 2011, the Jewish state has carried out hundreds of strikes there against positions of the Syrian regime and its allies, Iranian troops and Lebanese Hezbollah forces.
On Friday January 22, the Syrian air defense "
intercepted the majority
" of Israeli missiles but the attack resulted in the death of a family, made up of "
a father, a mother and two children
", on the outskirts of the city. de Hama, according to the Sana agency, citing a military source.
Four people were also injured, including two children, and three houses destroyed in the area, according to the same source.
According to a version of events reported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH), civilians were killed by "
shards from one of the Syrian anti-aircraft defense missiles that fell on a house. in a popular district
”.
The Israeli raids "
destroyed
" five military positions held by the Damascus army but where Iranian fighters and members of Hezbollah are deployed, the Observatory said.
In Israel, an army spokesperson declined to comment on the raids.
The last strikes blamed on Israel date back to mid-January.
At least 57 pre-regime soldiers and fighters were killed in raids on Deir Ezzor province in far-eastern Syria, the deadliest attack ever by the Jewish state in warring Syria, according to the Observatory.
Israel has repeatedly insisted that it would not allow Syria to become the foothold of Iranian forces.
In 2020 alone, around 50 targets were targeted, according to an annual report released by the IDF.
Triggered in 2011 by the bloody repression of pro-democracy protests, the war in Syria has grown in complexity over the years, with the involvement of several foreign powers and an increase in armed factions.
It has claimed more than 380,000 lives and displaced millions of people.