Damascus: A girl was killed and 10 other civilians were wounded on Wednesday in a new round of Israeli strikes on Syrian sites, the Syrian Defense Ministry said.
In a statement, the ministry said the Israeli army launched an aerial attack from the direction of Lebanon at around 7:30 p.m. local time (1630 GMT), targeting a military site in the central province of Homs and a residential building in the coastal city of Baniyas.
The attack was confirmed by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which reported that two explosions in the Nafus hill in Baniyas killed a girl and wounded 20 others.
It added that Israeli missiles on Wednesday evening targeted a military site near the al-Furqlus area in the eastern countryside of Homs, causing smoke columns to rise from the site.
According to the war monitor, since the beginning of 2024, Israel has targeted Syrian territories for 43 times, killing 142 military personnel and 13 civilians.
