The Syrian state news agency says Israel attacked missiles in the Quneitra area but seized most of them.
Syrian forces responded late Wednesday to an “Israeli attack” in the south of the country, the state news agency said.
Israel fired missiles from the Golan Heights at about 11pm (21:00 GMT) and caused substantial damage, state news agency SANA said, citing a weapons source.
“Our defenses responded against air… and included most enemy missiles,” the source added.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said the Israeli bombing hit a situation related to “government forces and where pro-Iranian militias are also present” in the southern Quneitra region.
Witnesses in the capital, Damascus, told the Reuters news agency that they had heard the sounds of explosions.
Israel typically conducts attacks in Syria, mostly against Iran-linked targets in what it says is an attempt to prevent the enemy from consolidating a foothold. on its northern border.
But the Israeli army rarely admits individual attacks and has not commented on the latest reports.
However, the military has said it hit about 50 targets in the war-torn country in 2020, without giving details.
According to the Observatory, which is in charge of ground sources in Syria, Israeli attacks on eastern Syria killed 57 governments and friendly fighters on January 13, in the deadliest raids since Israel began the attacks. aige.
On Jan. 22, four civilians, including two children, were killed in an Israeli raid in the Syrian province of Hama, SANA reported.
At least three pro-Iran fighters have been killed after Israel carried out airstrikes at positions in southern Syria and south of the capital Damascus on January 7.
Iran has members of its own army as well as fighters from various nationalities, including the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, fighting in support of President Bashar al-Assad.
Israeli jets have also been accused of breaking Lebanese airspace and traversing skies over Beirut in daily, low-flying flights that added to jitters in Lebanon’s capital.