Syrian air defenses confront ‘Israeli aggression’ in Hama: State media - GulfToday

Israeli strikes kill 4 civilians in Syria: State media

  • 22 Jan 2021
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An Israeli soldier walks past armoured Israeli military vehicles in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. File/Reuters

Four civilians, including two children, were killed by Israeli strikes on the central Syrian province of Hama at dawn on Friday, the official Syrian news agency SANA reported.

SANA cited a Syrian military source as saying that the country's air defences responded to Israeli missiles, “intercepting most” of them.

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It later added that “the Israeli aggression resulted in the martyrdom of a family, including a father, mother and two children” on the western edges of the province.

Agence France-Presse

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