Israel said that it had launched strikes on weapons from Syria, a few hours after two projectiles were dismissed from Syria in Israel on Tuesday.
The Israeli strikes on southern Syria have caused “significant human and material losses,” said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Syria, adding that Israel “was trying to destabilize the region”.
Israeli Minister of Defense Israel Katz said he had held the Syrian acting president Ahmed Al-Sharaa responsible for the projectiles launched in Israel.
Despite recent indirect talks to facilitate tensions between the two countries, Israel has intensified attacks on targets in Syria since Sharaa directed a rebellious offensive that overthrew the Bashar al-Assad regime in December 2024.
“Violent explosions have shaken southern Syria, including the city of Quneitra and the Daraa region, following Israeli air strikes,” said Syrian Human Rights Observatory, a surveillance group based in the United Kingdom.
In a statement, the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: “This escalation constitutes a blatant violation of Syrian sovereignty and aggravates tensions in the region.
“Syria has never been and will never be a threat to anyone in the region.”
We did not know how many people had been killed or injured during the strikes of Israel.
Israel said strikes after two projectiles have launched from Syria in open areas in the country, making no injury.
The Israeli media reported that strikes were the first launched in Syria since the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
He was not immediately clear who shot the projectiles.
“We consider the president of Syria directly responsible for any threat and fire to the State of Israel,” said Katz.
The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that launching reports from inside Syria “have not yet been verified.”
When the Assad regime was deposited, Israel has launched a wave of attacks To degrade Syrian military infrastructure.
He also encouraged The expansion of the colonies In the Golan Heights occupied, the territory that Israel seized of Syria in 1976 and was considered illegally occupied by international law.
Last month, US President Donald Trump announced his intention to raise Decade sanctions On Syria, imposed in response to atrocities committed by forces faithful to Assad during a 13 -year civil war.
During this conflict, more than 600,000 people were killed and 12 million others were forced from their home.
Last month, Israel bombed an area Presidential Palace of Syria In Damascus, a strike which, according to Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was a “clear message” that he “would not allow the deployment of forces in the south of Damascus”.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said bombing was a “violation of Syria’s sovereignty”.
