At least seven Iran-linked fighters were killed in a bomb blast in Aleppo attributed to Israel

An alleged attack by an Israeli missile hit positions of the Syrian army and its allies, including Iranian forces, in the city of Aleppo and has killed at least seven people in its ranks, government sources and activists reported Thursday.

"Israeli bombing took place against several army headquarters and its allies in the industrial zone of Al Sheikh Nayar and Al Naqarin", in Aleppo, in the north-west of Syria, insured EFE a source close to the Syrian government forces.

The source explained that "nine missiles" were launched from outside Syrian airspace and more than half "were destroyed" by anti-aircraft defenses.

One of these missiles "aiming for ammunition warehouse in Al Sheikh Nayar region", without specifying whether the building was destroyed or if there were casualties, he added.

On their side, witnesses from the city of Aleppo declared EFE that the bombing has reached "the cement factory of Al Sheikh Nayar "and" warehouses of arms "and that there were" explosions "that lasted" more than an hour " in this same area.

Meanwhile, the Syrian Ministry of Defense has stated, through its website, that "the air defense badets of the Syrian army have repelled an Israeli air badault withWe have taken certain positions in the industrial area north-east of Aleppo and demolished several missiles. "

An unnamed military source quoted by the ministry explained that the attack was postponed by 23:00 local time (21:00 GMT) and caused only "material damage".

For its part, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) said that the Israeli attack had killed at least seven soldiers between Iranian forces and Syrian and Lebanese allied militias.

The NGO added that There were also wounded and among them, Syrian militants fighting against the Iranian forces, while adding that the number of dead it could increase due to the severity of the injuries, although it did not specify the exact number.

According to the OSDH, based in London but with a network of informants in Syria, the bombing was targeting "ammunition stores" in the Sheikh Nayar industrial zone.

Israel has launched numerous attacks againstSyrian government forces and their allies in Iran and Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah linked to Tehransince the beginning of the conflict in neighboring Syria, where the Israeli army has launched air and missile attacks, some of which have claimed many lives.

Syria has always claimed that it has repulsed attacks from "the enemy" and generally does not recognize the losses suffered in its ranks. While Israel does not generally take credit for the attacks attributed to it.