Syrian Soldiers Killed in Israeli Airstrike on Damascus (+Video)

Three Syrian military servicemen have been killed after missiles targeted an area in the vicinity of Damascus, Syria’s state media reported.

The country’s anti-missile defenses shot down most of the projectiles, the report said.

The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that an "Israeli airstrike" launched "from the direction of the north of Lake Tiberias" in occupied Palestine struck targets in the vicinity of Damascus city at around 1:10am local time on Thursday.

The attack resulted in the "martyrdom of three soldiers and some material losses," it added, citing a military source.

Footage has emerged online purporting to show Syria's aerial defense systems intercepting hostile missiles.

This is the Israeli regime’s fourth attack on the Syrian soil within the space of just two weeks.

Just a day earlier, the Arab country said the regime had launched a missile attack on various targets on the outskirts of Syria’s southwestern city of Quneitra near Syria’s Tel Aviv-occupied Golan Heights.

Last week, the occupying regime targeted areas surrounding Damascus and the western city of Homs.

Syria and the Israeli regime are technically at war due to the latter’s continued occupation of the Golan.

The Israeli regime maintains a significant military presence in the territory, which it uses as one of its launchpads for attacks against the Syrian soil.

The regime frequently targets military positions inside Syria, especially those of the resistance movement Hezbollah, which has played a key role in helping the Syrian army in its fight against the foreign-backed terrorists.

The Tel Aviv regime mostly keeps quiet about its attacks on Syrian territory, which many view as a knee-jerk reaction to the Syrian government’s increasing success in confronting terrorism.

Israel has been a key supporter of terrorist groups that have opposed the government of President Bashar al-Assad since foreign-backed militancy erupted in Syria in March 2011.