UK-based Syrian Observatory says Israel attacked missile depots for Hezbollah near Aleppo airport, while state media says drone strikes by insurgent groups occurred simultaneously

The Syrian army claimed that Israeli airstrikes early Friday near the northern city of Aleppo killed and wounded several people and caused material damage, while security sources cited by Reuters said that at least 38 people had been killed.

Syrian state media quoted an unnamed military official as saying that the Israeli strikes coincided with drone attacks by Syrian insurgent groups on civilian targets in Aleppo and its suburbs. It did not give an exact number of casualties.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor with questionable funding and sourcing, said Israeli strikes hit missile depots for Lebanon’s terrorist Hezbollah group in Aleppo’s southern suburb of Jibreen near the Aleppo International Airport. It added that 36 soldiers were killed and dozens were wounded in the strikes. The Observatory said explosions were still heard two hours after the strikes.

Two security sources cited by Reuters said that the strikes killed 38 people, including five members of Hezbollah.

Syrian state news agency SANA said the pre-dawn strike killed and wounded civilians, as well as military personnel, without providing a death toll.

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