The Israeli occupation army launched airstrikes on military airbases and infrastructure sites in the Syrian cities of Damascus, Hama and Homs as it carried out an incursion in the country’s south late on Wednesday.
The attack on Hama military airport almost completely destroyed the facility and led to dozens of injuries among civilians and military personnel, the Syrian foreign ministry said in a statement.
The strikes targeted the military airport in Hama, and the vicinity of the scientific research center in the Barzeh neighborhood in Damascus, Syrian state media and officials said.
A Syrian military source told Reuters a dozen strikes demolished the runways, tower, arms depots and hangars at the military airport.
“Israel has completely destroyed Hama airbase to ensure it is not used. This is a systematic bombing to destroy the military capabilities of the country’s main airbases,” the source said.
The Hama airbase west of the city is one of the country’s main airbases, used extensively during the 13-year-old conflict between Assad and the rebels before they ousted him.
The Israeli occupation military also said on Wednesday it targeted the T4 airbase in Homs province, which it has repeatedly hit over the past week.
Incursion in Daraa
Elsewhere in the southern province of Daraa, 10 people were killed overnight in clashes between Israeli occupation forces and local residents in the Al-Jabaliya area, Syrian state media reported Thursday morning.
The clashes erupted as the occupation forces carried out an incursion into the area, according to the state media in Syria.
Source: Al-Manar English Website
