ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A suspected Israeli airstrike targeted the coastal city of Baniyas in the early hours of Tuesday, resulting in material damage, according to reports by Syrian state media.
“Around 00:20 after midnight on July 9, 2024, the Israeli enemy launched an aerial aggression from the direction of the Mediterranean Sea, west of Baniyas, targeting one of the points in the vicinity of the city of Baniyas,” Syria’s state-owned SANA news agency said, citing a source from the defense ministry.
“The aggression resulted in some material damage,” it added, without specifying the extent of the damage.
No casualties have been reported thus far.
Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on regime-controlled areas of Syria throughout its nearly 13-year civil war, often claiming to target pro-Iran militias that support the Syrian army, such as Hezbollah.
While it rarely comments on strikes attributed to it in Syria, Israel has repeatedly warned that it would not tolerate its arch-rival Iran gaining a foothold there.
The strikes have increased since October 7, when Palestinian Hamas militants launched an unprecedented, large-scale attack on Israeli territory that prompted significant retaliation.
Last month, an Israeli airstrike killed two people near the Syrian capital of Damascus, according to SANA, and another Israeli strike in southern Syria killed an army officer a week prior.
In late May, another Israeli strike on the coastal city of Baniyas killed a two-year-old girl and caused material damage.
“Around 00:20 after midnight on July 9, 2024, the Israeli enemy launched an aerial aggression from the direction of the Mediterranean Sea, west of Baniyas, targeting one of the points in the vicinity of the city of Baniyas,” Syria’s state-owned SANA news agency said, citing a source from the defense ministry.
“The aggression resulted in some material damage,” it added, without specifying the extent of the damage.
No casualties have been reported thus far.
Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on regime-controlled areas of Syria throughout its nearly 13-year civil war, often claiming to target pro-Iran militias that support the Syrian army, such as Hezbollah.
While it rarely comments on strikes attributed to it in Syria, Israel has repeatedly warned that it would not tolerate its arch-rival Iran gaining a foothold there.
The strikes have increased since October 7, when Palestinian Hamas militants launched an unprecedented, large-scale attack on Israeli territory that prompted significant retaliation.
Last month, an Israeli airstrike killed two people near the Syrian capital of Damascus, according to SANA, and another Israeli strike in southern Syria killed an army officer a week prior.
In late May, another Israeli strike on the coastal city of Baniyas killed a two-year-old girl and caused material damage.
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