photo: F-16 fighter, video frame. source: wikipedia
Deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in Syria Oleg Yegorov said on Tuesday that F-16 planes of the Israeli air force attacked Damascus with cruise missiles.
That happened. on October 24. At 1:50 p.m., according to the major general, two tactical fighters began launching airstrikes from the Golan Heights “on objects located in the city of Damascus.”
The strikes were carried out for about 10 minutes, 8 cruise missiles.
Jegorov stated that the Syrian air defense system destroyed 4 Israeli missiles. Two Syrian soldiers were wounded during the attack.
The Israeli army has recently been conducting airstrikes in Syria regularly. They shelled Damascus, the port of Tartus in Aleppo and also a research center in the city of Masyaf.
Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya condemned the Israeli attacks on the territory of the Arab Republic and said that long-term stability in Syria can only be established if there the illegal foreign military presence will cease.