The Israeli army launched air strikes on southern Syria late on Saturday.

Iran Press/Middle East: Syrian air defenses targeted projectiles coming from the "occupied territories", state news agency SANA said, referring to territory held by Israel.

"Israeli airplanes fired at least three missiles from the occupied Golan," said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Two of the strikes targeted a Syrian army brigade that supervises the country's Quneitra province, he told AFP, while the third missile was destroyed by Syrian air defenses.

The Israeli army has so far declined to comment on the report. Still, Israel has been more open in recent months about targeting sites inside Syria. 

SANA reported that the strikes came a day after Syrian air defense systems intercepted several other projectiles also coming from 'hostile territory'.

The Syrian Arab Army’s aerial defenses on Friday night intercepted hostile targets coming from the direction of the southwestern province of Quneitra near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. 208/211/213

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