Syria shoots down Israeli missiles over Damascus surroundings: army

Syria shot down Israeli missiles fired from the Golan Heights towards the surroundings of the capital Damascus in the early hours of Friday, the Syrian army said.

Most of the Israeli missiles were intercepted but some caused material damage, the army said in a statement.

The Israeli military declined comment.

On 8 November, Syria also said Israel had carried out an aerial attack targeting military sites in southern Syria as the Gaza war led to an increase in tit-for-tat attacks.

Israel frequently carries out airstrikes on Syria, which plunged into war in 2011.

Last week, Israel's military said an organisation in Syria launched a drone that hit a school in the southern Israeli city of Eilat and that it struck the group in response.