A series of Israeli air strikes on central Syria’s Hama province killed fourteen people on Sunday, Syrian state media reported, citing medical sources.
“The number of martyrs resulting from the Israeli aggression on a number of sites in the vicinity of Masyaf has risen to 14 martyrs and 43 wounded including six critically,” Sana reported, citing medical sources.
Israel has launched hundreds of attacks on Syria since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, often targeting Syrian army and Iranian positions.
The strikes have intensified since the outbreak of the war on Gaza and seemed to have reached a peak in April, when an Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus killed several people, including a top Iranian military officer.
Israel rarely claims responsibility for strikes on Syria and has yet to comment on the Sunday night attack.
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The Israeli military did claim responsibility for a strike in Syria in August, where it said it killed members of Islamic Jihad, a Hamas ally, near Syria’s border with Lebanon.
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