A Syrian monitoring group announced on Friday that Israeli airplanes carried out attacks against Syrian army positions and Iranian-backed militias in Syria, killing at least 23 forces.
The Uk-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which tracks the civil war through activities on the ground, said the attacks occurred in south Damascus.
“The group said 15 Iranian-backed militiamen, including five Syrians and at least three Iranians were killed, as well as eight Syrian regime soldiers,” Fox News reported.
Israeli authorities have reportedly denied commenting on the incident.
Iran is accused of destabilizing Syria and posing threats to Israeli soils by providing military and financial supports to its Syrian Shiite proxies.
Last week, Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said Jerusalem must not remain in the hands of Jews and repeated that his country will support Palestinian armed groups as much as it could.
