Israel strikes Syrian army position

The Israeli government struck a Syrian military position in the war-torn country's south, a war monitoring non-government organization said on Wednesday.

"Sounds of explosions rang out in the province of Quneitra after an Israeli strike against a Syrian army position," the United Kingdom-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has a vast network of sources in the country, said.

The sound of explosions also rang out in the Golan Heights, the NGO said, without specifying their source.

The strike in Quneitra caused material damage, the organization said, and has not yet been mentioned by official Syrian media.

The raid coincides with an announcement by the Israeli army on X, formerly Twitter, of strikes against "terrorist positions" of Hezbollah — an ally of the Syrian regime and enemy of Israel — in Lebanon, which borders Golan.

Since the start of the war, triggered by an unprecedented attack by Hamas militants on Israel on 7 October, exchanges of fire between Hezbollah militants and the Israeli army have likewise increased around the Israel-Lebanon border area.