The Syrian air force claims to have thwarted Israeli aggression in the Musayyaf area of Hama.
According to a Reuters news agency report, state TV quoted the Syrian army as saying that the air force had repulsed and repulsed an Israeli offensive in the middle of the night.
"At 12:40 a.m., enemy Israel fired missiles from the Lebanese city of Misayaf in the western Syrian city of Hama," the statement said.
The Syrian army said in a statement that "our air defenses have defused missiles and shot down most of them."
Earlier, a TV report said explosions had been heard in central Syria.
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Al Jazeera reports that earlier Israeli planes were flying over Lebanon and Beirut residents said that missiles were visible in the air over the city.
According to reports, Israel often violates Lebanon's airspace and has carried out airstrikes on Syria several times since the civil war began in 2011.
Israel has repeatedly acknowledged its actions in Syria but has said that Iran's presence in support of President Bashar al-Assad is a threat to it and that attacks against it will continue.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British aid organization, also reported the operation in Misayaf, saying the attack may have been carried out by Israel.
He said the attack was apparently aimed at government forces and Iranian-backed militants, but did not provide further details.
Earlier on November 18, Israel announced that it was targeting Syrian and Iranian targets and bombed various parts of Syria, killing 10 people, including 3 soldiers.
The human rights group said the bombing killed at least 10 people, while Syria's state news agency reported that three soldiers had been killed and one wounded.
The human rights group said five of the dead were from Iran's al-Quds Force and two were Lebanese or Iraqi, while a pro-Syrian government commander dismissed the notion of an Iranian or a Lebanese among the dead. ۔
