Syrian family dies after being hit by missile attack | the Chronicle

At least four members of the same family, including two children, died at dawn on Friday during an Israeli attack with missiles fired from Lebanese territory against the province of Hama in western Syria.

The attack caused the death of a father, his wife and their two children, injured four other people, including two minors, and destroyed three homes of the civilian population, according to a Syrian military source. EFE, who requested anonymity.

The attack was launched from the airspace of the city of Tripoli and while the air defenses of the Arab country “they intercepted the majority” missiles, according to the official Syrian agency SANA, which cites military sources, “Israeli aggression resulted in the martyrdom of a family: father, mother and two children”.

For its part, Syrian Observatory for Human Rightssaid the targets of the attack were five points where pro-Iranian and military militias are deployed. Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah, and that the civilian casualties were caused by “the remains of the missiles launched by the anti-aircraft defenses” Syrian.

As tanto, the NGO con sede en el Reino Unido y una amplia red de colaboradores sobre el terreno, los fallecidos son un matrimonio, su hijo y un anciano, mientras que rebaja el número de heridos a uno, un bebé that encuentra en estado serious.

The bombings in Syria

This is the third Israeli attack this year, and the last was a week ago, when various positions of the Syrian army and its allies have been the target of such bombardments in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor.

The Israeli aggressions, according to national media, come at a time when the Syrian forces, supported by popular and allied units, launch an offensive in the desert of Hama, Deir Ezzor and Raqa against the remnants of the terrorist organization of Islamic State (Daesh for its acronym in Arabic), according to Latin press.

he The government in Damascus denounced that the United States and Israel they directly support terrorist groups, in particular Daesh, in order to further destabilize the liberated areas.