Five people were killed in central Syria in a missile attack carried out by Israel late in the evening today, Syrian state media reported. The official Sana news agency, quoting a military source, stated that “around 20.20 the Israeli enemy carried out an air attack with rockets from the direction of the Mediterranean, west of Banias, targeting points in the central region. The attack resulted in the deaths of five people, including a civilian, he added. Seven others were injured, including a child ».
As a result of the attack, several fires also broke out in the forests of Masyaf, near Hama. According to the Sana agency, the Syrian air defenses have shot down most of the missiles. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights based in Great Britain, Israeli planes have fired at least eight missiles at weapons depots and military posts belonging to Iranian militias in the Masyaf region.