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Israeli military declined to comment on the report.
A Syrian military source quoted by state media said Syrian air
defences shot down most of the Israeli missiles and only
material damage was done in the attack launched at 1:26 a.m.
The Israeli army said a surface-to-air missile launched from
Syrian territory towards Israeli air space had exploded over the
Mediterranean Sea and residents in central Israel had located
several fragments of the projectile on the ground.
Many residents of central Israel reported hearing a large
explosion at the time Syria reported the strike.
Blasts were also heard in Lebanon, from whose air space the
attack was launched, a Lebanese security source said.
Israel has for several years been mounting attacks on what it
has described as Iranian-linked targets in Syria, where
Tehran-backed forces including Lebanon's Hezbollah have
established a presence since deploying to help President Bashar
al-Assad in the Syrian conflict that erupted in 2011.
Syrian TV showed footage of air defences shooting at targets.
"The Israeli enemy carried out an air aggression from the
direction southeast of Beirut, targeting some points in the
vicinity of the city of Damascus," a Syrian military source was
quoted as saying in a statement published on state television.
Syria last reported an Israeli air strike on Aug. 19 , which it
said targeted areas near Damascus and Homs.
(Reporting by Ahmed Tolba in Cairo and Ari Rabinovitch in
Jerusalem; Writing by Tom Perry; Editing by Richard Pullin and
Mark Heinrich)
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