Israeli airstrikes killed two Syrian soldiers and wounded three others when they targeted an airbase in the province of Homs a Syrian army statement said late Sunday.
The statement said Israeli warplanes fired missiles after flying over neighboring Lebanon. It added that some of the missiles were shot down before they hit their targets.
Syrian air defenses responded to “hostile targets over southeastern Homs province” intercepting “several of them” the state-controlled news agency SANA said.
Earlier in the day the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights which is based in London said strong explosions were heard when four Israeli missiles hit the Shayrat airbase in Homs province. It said the missile attack targeted the positions of Hezbollah in the area.
The strikes occurred after Israeli warplanes were seen flying over neighboring Lebanon whose airspace Israeli air forces sometimes cross to carry out attacks on Syria.
Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on targets inside Syria in recent years but rarely acknowledges or discusses such operations.
