The Israeli government has carried out several deadly airstrikes on the Syrian capital Damascus, with Syrian media reporting three rounds of strikes in the capital area overnight.

An Israeli aircraft on Tuesday fired several missiles from the occupied Golan Heights, targeting locations southwest of Damascus.

According to Syrian state media, Syrian air defenses successfully intercepted many of these missiles.

According to the Syrian army, as a result of the Israeli aggression, three civilians were martyred, nine people were injured and private property was damaged.

Al-Mayadeen According to the report of the news organization, the local journalist Safa Ahmed is also among those killed in this attack in Meze neighborhood of the capital of Syria. Rescue crews are tackling the fire on the ground.

Syrian television said one of its anchors was killed in an Israeli attack on Damascus on Tuesday.

“He mourns anchor Safa Ahmed, who was martyred in the Israeli offensive on the capital Damascus,” state television said in a statement.

official A lot of things The news agency said earlier that “air defense systems intercepted enemy targets in the Damascus area for the third time tonight”.

After that, another wave of attacks aimed at the outskirts of Damascus was stopped by air defenses.

Syria has consistently called on the UN Security Council to act against the attacks, which it sees as a clear violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Israel often targets military bases inside Syria, particularly those of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, which has played a key role in helping the Syrian army fight foreign-backed terrorists.

The Tel Aviv government rarely comments on its attacks on Syrian territory, which many see as a knee-jerk reaction to the Syrian government’s extraordinary success in combating and eliminating terrorism.

Damascus has repeatedly called on the UN Security Council to stop the regime’s attacks that violate Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The Israeli strikes on Syria come amid the government’s ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip, which has killed more than 41,600 people, mostly women and children, over the past year.