Israel’s military said it carried out strikes on Iranian targets in Syria early Monday after it intercepted a rocket fired from Syrian territory hours before.
It said in a statement it was “currently striking” the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force in Syria and warned Syria’s military against “attempting to harm Israeli territory or forces”.
It provided no further details on the raids.
Israel’s military said on Sunday its air defence systems intercepted a rocket fired from Syria, after Damascus accused Israel of carrying out air raids in the country’s south.
As Israel announced its strikes early Monday, Syrian state news agency SANA said its country’s air-defence systems had targeted “enemy” fire.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor reported Israeli missile strikes in the area of the Damascus airport and areas around the capital.
It said the missiles hit apparent Iranian and Hezbollah arms depots.
Israel has pledged to stop its main enemy Iran from entrenching itself militarily in neighbouring Syria.
It has carried out hundreds of air strikes there against what it says are Iranian military targets and advanced arms deliveries to Tehran-backed Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite militia.
Israel rarely publicly confirms its strikes in Syria.
Its fighter planes have faced anti-aircraft fire during such raids, but Israeli media reported that Sunday’s response included a surface-to-surface missile from Syria.
Israel’s military said only that it had intercepted a rocket fired at the northern Golan Heights.
