{"id":40233,"date":"2019-07-24T15:23:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T15:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=40233"},"modified":"2019-07-24T15:23:14","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T15:23:14","slug":"israel-fires-missiles-into-south-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=40233","title":{"rendered":"Israel fires missiles into south Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-io-article-url=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1530201\/middle-east\" readability=\"51\">\n<p>\nBEIRUT: An Israeli missile attack targeted Syrian military positions held by the government and its allies early on Wednesday, Syria\u2019s state news agency said.<br \/>The missiles were fired into the south of the country close to the Golan Heights, an area occupied and annexed by Israel.<br \/>\u201cThe Israeli enemy launched an aggression after midnight against the Tall Al-Hara area,\u201d the SANA news agency said Wednesday, adding that there were reports of damage to property.<br \/>The attacks were earlier described as \u201cprobably Israeli\u201d by the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, who said they targeted Tall Al-Hara in Daraa province, south of Damascus, and two areas in the neighboring province of Quneitrathe.<br \/>\u201cThe regime\u2019s anti-aircraft defense has been activated to counter the attack,\u201d director of the Observatory Rami Abdel Rahmane said.<br \/>\u201cSome missiles have been shot down, others have hit their target.\u201d<br \/>The Observatory reported \u201closs of life\u201d without giving further details.<br \/>Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes in Syria since the beginning of the conflict in 2011, targeting forces loyal to President Bashar Assad and the regime\u2019s allies Iran and Hezbollah.<br \/>The Syrian conflict has killed more than 370,000 people and drawn in world powers since it started with the brutal repression of anti-government protests.<br \/>Israeli strikes have previously targeted Tall Al-Hara where Hezbollah has installed a radar system and the Syrian regime has erected anti-aircraft batteries, according to the Observatory.<br \/>At the end of June, six civilians and nine pro-government fighters were killed in Israeli strikes near Damascus and in the central province of Homs, it added.<br \/>Israel says it is determined to prevent its arch-foe Iran from entrenching itself militarily in Syria, where Tehran backs Assad\u2019s regime.<br \/>The Jewish state insists that it has the right to continue to target positions held by Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah out of self-defense.<br \/>The strikes came after Hezbollah\u2019s leader said earlier this month that the group\u2019s rockets could reach key Israeli sites along the Mediterranean coast, including Tel Aviv.<br \/>Hassan Nasrallah also said that Iran was \u201cable to bombard Israel with ferocity and force\u201d but \u201cwill not start a war.\u201d<br \/>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu countered that his country would deliver a \u201ccrushing military blow\u201d on the both Hezbollah and Lebanon if it were to attack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIRUT: An Israeli missile attack targeted Syrian military positions held by the government and its allies early on Wednesday, Syria\u2019s state news agency said.The missiles were fired into the south of the country close to the Golan Heights, an area occupied and annexed by Israel.\u201cThe Israeli enemy launched an aggression after midnight against the 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