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| Israel attacks Syria with jets and ground-to-ground missiles, claims Syrian army | Israel attacks Syria with jets and ground-to-ground missiles, claims Syrian army |
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| Israel has attacked several military outposts near the Syrian capital with jets and ground-to-ground missiles in an early-morning strike, Syria's army said. | Israel has attacked several military outposts near the Syrian capital with jets and ground-to-ground missiles in an early-morning strike, Syria's army said. |
| In a statement reported by state media, the Assad regime's forces said Israeli jets fired missiles at the al-Qutayfah area near Damascus from inside Lebanese airspace, and its air defences hit one of the planes. | In a statement reported by state media, the Assad regime's forces said Israeli jets fired missiles at the al-Qutayfah area near Damascus from inside Lebanese airspace, and its air defences hit one of the planes. |
| Israel then fired ground-to-ground rockets from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, but the Syrian defences brought the missiles down, the Syrian army said. | Israel then fired ground-to-ground rockets from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, but the Syrian defences brought the missiles down, the Syrian army said. |
| It said Israeli jets fired a final barrage of four rockets from inside Israel, and the Syrian air defences brought down one, but the others caused material damage. | It said Israeli jets fired a final barrage of four rockets from inside Israel, and the Syrian air defences brought down one, but the others caused material damage. |
| The Israeli military declined to comment. | The Israeli military declined to comment. |
| Last August, the chief of the Israeli air force said his forces had struck in Syria around 100 times. | Last August, the chief of the Israeli air force said his forces had struck in Syria around 100 times. |
| Israel has pledged to prevent Syrian territory being used for Iran to set up bases or transfer high-quality weaponry to Lebanon's Hezbollah group, which has been helping Damascus beat back a six-year-old rebellion. | Israel has pledged to prevent Syrian territory being used for Iran to set up bases or transfer high-quality weaponry to Lebanon's Hezbollah group, which has been helping Damascus beat back a six-year-old rebellion. |
| Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, told ambassadors of Nato countries in Israel the policies had not changed. | |
| "We have a long-standing policy to prevent the transfer of game-changing weapons to Hezbollah from Syrian territory," Mr Netanyahu said. "This policy has not changed, we back it up as necessary with action." | |
| The Syrian army statement described the attack as a "flagrant Israeli aggression" and renewed its warning of the dangerous repercussions of such attacks, holding Israel "fully responsibility for its consequences." | The Syrian army statement described the attack as a "flagrant Israeli aggression" and renewed its warning of the dangerous repercussions of such attacks, holding Israel "fully responsibility for its consequences." |
| Some Syrian opposition-affiliated media reported that the Israeli planes targeted a Syrian army depot while the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the depots belonged to both Hezbollah and the Syrian army, adding that the strikes caused a series of explosions and a fire on site as well as serious material damage. | Some Syrian opposition-affiliated media reported that the Israeli planes targeted a Syrian army depot while the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the depots belonged to both Hezbollah and the Syrian army, adding that the strikes caused a series of explosions and a fire on site as well as serious material damage. |
| The Observatory, which monitors the war in Syria through a network of activists on the ground, said there was no immediate word on any casualties. | The Observatory, which monitors the war in Syria through a network of activists on the ground, said there was no immediate word on any casualties. |
| The exact target of the strikes could not be independently confirmed. | The exact target of the strikes could not be independently confirmed. |
| Al-Qutayfah is in the northeastern suburbs of Damascus, where Syrian Republican Guard units are known to have major outposts. | Al-Qutayfah is in the northeastern suburbs of Damascus, where Syrian Republican Guard units are known to have major outposts. |
| Additional reporting by agencies | Additional reporting by agencies |