The Syrian army stated that its air defense system successfully intercepted Israeli missiles launched from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights towards the outskirts of the Damascus capital on Sunday evening. Despite intercepting some missiles, the army reported that others caused damage in the area, as mentioned in a statement.

The Israeli army chose not to provide a comment regarding the incident.
On Friday, four pro-Hezbollah fighters were killed in an Israeli drone strike on their car in Madinat al-Baath town in the province of Quneitra, close to the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights head Rami Abdel Rahman Said.

The day before, the Observatory reported that Israel hit sites close to Damascus with eight missiles, as well as a “regime military post in the province of Quneitra,” without causing any casualties.

The strikes were a response to the bombardment of Israeli-annexed Golan, the monitor said.

On December 2, two Syrian Hezbollah fighters and two officers of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, were killed in an Israeli air strike on Hezbollah sites close to Damascus, the monitor said.

The official news agency of the Revolutionary Guards, Sepah News, reported on the same day that two members of the guards had died on an “advisory mission” in its ally Syria, but did not specify where and when they were killed.

Israel has undertaken hundreds of air strikes in its neighbor Syria since the start of the country’s civil war in 2011, targeting the positions of the Syrian army and groups affiliated with Iran, such as Hezbollah.

Those missions have intensified since the start of Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip on October 7, which was triggered by the militant group’s unprecedented attack on Israeli soil.

On November 8, three Hezbollah fighters were killed in an Israeli strike against the militant group’s positions close to Damascus, according to the Observatory.

Israel says it wants to prevent Iran, its sworn enemy, from establishing itself on Israel’s doorstep.