Israel carried out airstrikes on government sites near Damascus on Thursday night, the state news agency Sana reported, without naming any deaths.

Sana claimed, citing a military source, that "an Israeli air raid targeted certain positions near Damascus," The report said that multiple explosions were heard in the vicinity.

Additionally, it stated that Syrian air defenses intercepted "some" of the missiles fired and that the strikes on the Syrian countryside resulted in merely physical damage without providing additional information.

Israelis assaulted military locations southwest of Damascus, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights in the United Kingdom.

A pro-government ally commander, Reuters, disputed that the strikes targeted their locations outside of Damascus. The Israeli administration made no quick comment.

Israel has carried out hundreds of air attacks inside Syria since the Syrian civil war began in 2011, hitting government sites and allied Iran-backed forces and Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon.

In 2020, Iran-backed fighters were positioned between the Syrian towns of Albu Kamal and Mayadeen, which were once strongholds of the Islamic State group.

While Israel rarely discusses specific operations, it has admitted to carrying out hundreds of airstrikes since 2011.

State media stated in March that an Israeli attack over the Syrian capital killed two civilians and caused material damage.

Around 500,000 people have been killed in Syria's war, and millions have been displaced and destroyed the country's infrastructure.