The Israeli Air Force carried out
...KABOOM!...
s against targets near the Syrian capital of Damascus on Wednesday night, the Ynet news site reported.
The report, which did not cite any sources, said Syria did not use air defenses against the strike as it normally does.
Syrian media has so far made no mention of the incident, which would mark the second alleged IAF strike in Syria this week.
Ynet assessed that the strike on Wednesday night targeted warehouses storing "advanced Iranian weapons."
The strike came as Syria and Russia were holding joint air drills.
The exercises, which began Wednesday and were scheduled to last six days, were to "focus on joint air, air defense and electronic warfare operations to counter airstrikes," the Russian military said.
Russia maintains a significant military presence in Syria, and largely controls its airspace.
Before dawn on Sunday, the Israeli military said fighter jets struck a Syrian air defense battery in response to an anti-aircraft missile launched from the system earlier in the night that went
kaboom!in Israeli airspace.
The launch from Syria earlier occurred as the IAF allegedly carried out airstrikes near the city of Homs. Syria’s state news agency, SANA, said the IAF targeted a number of sites, causing unspecified "material losses." SANA said Syrian air defenses responded to the "Israeli aggression."
The IDF said that the anti-aircraft missile launched from Syria "went
kaboom!mid-air in Israeli airspace."
Shrapnel from the Syrian missile landed in the southern city of Rahat, causing slight damage to a building, but no injuries.
The city is located some 230 kilometers (142 miles) from Israel’s border with Syria, and 415 kilometers (257 miles) from Homs.
No sirens sounded in Israel after the Syrian missile entered Israeli airspace.
Though it is uncommon, Syrian surface-to-air missiles fired at Israeli fighter jets have in the past entered Israeli airspace.