An Israeli airstrike was carried out on the west coast of Syria on Saturday morning, injuring two civilians, the Syrian Defense Ministry said.
"
Around 6:30 this morning, the Israeli enemy army carried out a strike
" near the town of Al-Hamidiyeh, south of Tartous, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
The raid was carried out from the Mediterranean Sea west of the Lebanese city of Tripoli (north) "
and two civilians were injured, including a woman
," said the ministry, citing a military source.
The strike targeted poultry farms, according to the ministry.
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According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH), an NGO with an extensive network of sources in Syria, these are "
warehouses that previously housed livestock and that Hezbollah would now use to store weapons and for commercial purposes
”.
Hundreds of strikes since 2011
Since the beginning of the war in Syria in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes in its neighbor, targeting positions of the Syrian army, Iranian forces and Lebanese Hezbollah, allies of the Syrian regime.
Israel rarely comments on its strikes against Syria but says it will not let Iran extend its influence to Israel's borders.
Last month, the Israeli air force bombed the Damascus airport located in the south of the Syrian capital, damaging buildings and putting the airstrips out of service.
According to the OSDH, the Israeli missiles targeted depots belonging to Lebanese Hezbollah and Iranian forces near the airport in addition to the only runway still in use at the airport.
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Triggered by the repression of pro-democracy demonstrations, the war in Syria has claimed around 500,000 lives, devastated the country's infrastructure and displaced millions of people.
