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Syrian air defences intercepted Israeli missiles over Quneitra province in the country’s southwest, state media reported early on Thursday, Reuters reports.
“At 00:30 on Thursday our air defence monitored Israeli warplanes coming from northern occupied Palestine towards Saida, and several missiles were fired from Lebanese airspace towards the central area,” state media quoted a military source as saying.
The missiles were intercepted successfully, the source added.