The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) confirmed today, Thursday, that the Qusayr area in the southern countryside of Homs in the central region was subjected to Israeli shelling, which led to the injury of civilians.

She added that the bombing resulted in material damage to the industrial area and some residential neighborhoods in the city of Al-Qusayr, and that the bombing also resulted in a large cloud of smoke that covered large parts of the area.

The agency did not mention what the Israeli bombing was targeting, but Israel has targeted leaders in Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in Damascus in recent weeks, in addition to targeting sites in central Syria and coastal cities, amid a ground incursion into Quneitra in the south.

Israel has been launching raids on Syria for years and has intensified these attacks since the start of its war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.