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(*3*)Israel ‘launches attack in Syria’ after low-flying planes terrify Beirut residents

Israel was reported to have launched air strikes towards army targets in Syria final night time, after conflict planes flew low over Lebanon, terrifying native residents. The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) quoted a army supply blaming Israeli “aggression” for launching a “barrage of missiles” from the north of the Lebanese metropolis of Tripoli in the direction of Masyaf, in Syria’s Hama province. The supply claimed that a lot of the missiles have been intercepted by Syrian air defences, however the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based conflict monitor, stated {that a} warehouse and missile factories had been destroyed, with “at least” six casualties. Explosions have been reported after midnight in the world round Masyaf, north-west of Homs, which is a major army space for President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, containing a army academy and scientific analysis centre believed to have been used to create chemical weapons. The Israeli army stated it will not touch upon studies in international media, nevertheless it has allegedly launched dozens of assaults towards Iranian militias and different targets in Syria in current years, with jets repeatedly crossing over Lebanese air house. Witnesses stated that the Christmas Eve flights have been louder than typical, nevertheless, horrifying residents of Beirut who’re nonetheless traumatised by the August 4 explosion on the metropolis’s port that killed greater than 200 folks. The catastrophic blast, which destroyed giant areas of town, was induced after an enormous retailer of ammonium nitrate was ignited by a hearth. Tamara Qiblawi, a CNN producer based mostly in the Lebanese capital, shared a video apparently displaying “illegal overflights” of 4 Israeli jets. “You very often hear them here but very rarely do you see them,” she added. “These were exceptionally low altitude. Houses shook. Cats freaked out. Chills down people’s spines.” Quoting “reliable sources”, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stated that the “Israeli strikes targeted military posts of regime forces and Iranian militias”. Syrian activists noticed ambulances speeding to the scene of the explosions and the dead have been all international paramilitaries loyal to President Assad, it added. One assault additionally focused the analysis centre, the place ground-attack missiles are developed and saved, and which has been hit a number of occasions by Israeli strikes in current years, the Observatory stated. The most up-to-date assault in June, killed 9 folks, together with 4 Syrians. The United States army has beforehand claimed that sarin fuel, a lethal nerve agent, was being developed on the centre, which the Syrian authorities have denied. According to the SANA report, air defences hit “most” missiles earlier than they reached their goal. “Our air defences intercepted an Israeli attack on the Masyaf area,” it stated.