Massive airstrike in Syria neutralizes 68

Palmyra, Syria -- On Wednesday, an Israeli airstrike in Syria struck three positions used by Hezbollah and other pro-Iranian terrorist organizations.

A series of Israeli airstrikes in eastern Syria resulted in the deaths of at least 68 individuals, according to a Syrian opposition group, marking it as one of the most lethal attacks attributed to Israel in the region in recent years.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), an anti-regime watchdog based in London, reported that the strikes involved three separate attacks by Israeli warplanes on Wednesday. These attacks targeted positions held by Hezbollah and other groups allied with Iran near Palmyra, in the Homs district.

The SOHR updated their casualty figures on Thursday, stating that all 68 victims were combatants. This included 42 Syrian fighters linked to pro-Iranian militias, among them five officers collaborating with Hezbollah. Additionally, the casualties comprised four Lebanese Hezbollah members and 22 fighters from the Nujaba Movement who were not Syrian.

The strikes also wounded 43 people, with seven of those being civilians, as per the SOHR's report.

The Syrian government's news agency, SANA, corroborated the event, reporting that at least 36 Syrians were killed and over 50 were wounded in the attacks.

“The Zionist entity committed a horrific crime in Palmyra today, which claimed the lives of 36 citizens and injured dozens of others in the air aggression carried out by Israeli aircraft, targeting a number of residential buildings and causing material damage to the buildings and surrounding area.” Syria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in a statement to SANA Wednesday.

The Syrian defense ministry reported that among the Syrian nationals killed in the airstrikes, ten were soldiers of the Syrian army.

The Israeli military chose not to comment on the matter when approached regarding the airstrikes.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the attacks consisted of two bombings within the Al-Jam’iya neighborhood of Palmyra. These strikes hit a weapons storage facility and a building where leaders of pro-Iranian militias were stationed.

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