Israeli airstrikes targeted a weapons facility in the area of Masyaf in northern Syria on Thursday night, killing nine people and causing massive damage, according to reports from Syria.
According to the Syrian state media outlet SANA, the country’s air defenses were activated by the attack.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor reported that at least nine people were killed in the strike, with the death toll expected to rise. According to the Observatory, four of those killed were Syrian nationals and the other five were of unknown nationality.
Video footage from Syria, shared on social media, showed Syrian anti-aircraft missiles being fired into the sky, as well as large fires on the ground apparently caused by the airstrikes.
Israel did not immediately comment on the reports. READ MORE