Israeli jets target a facility in northern Syria

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Tel Aviv, Sept. 7 (TNS): Israeli warplanes in the early hours Thursday allegedly struck a, Jewish state media reported.

The Syrian army confirmed in the morning that a military site near Masyaf was bombed, saying the attack was carried out by Israeli jets and killed two people.

“Israeli warplanes fired several rockets from the Lebanese airspace at 02:42 a.m. on Thursday targeting one of the Syrian military posts near Massyaf, killing two army personnel and causing material damage to the site,” it said in a statement carried by the official Syrian Arab News Agency.

Unconfirmed Lebanese reports said Israel also struck a convoy belonging to the Hezbollah group in Lebanon. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military on any of the reports.

The target in Syria was apparently a Scientific Studies and Research Center (CERS) facility near Masyaf, which is in the northern Hama region.