More than 40 killed in Israeli strikes on Aleppo in Syria
Israeli attacks in Syria have escalated amid its continued assault on Gaza | A series of Israeli air strikes on Syria’s northern province of Aleppo have killed at least 42 people, according to UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The attack hit a weapons depot near Aleppo airport, resulting in a series of large explosions and the reported death of six members of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. The Syrian defence ministry said earlier on Friday that civilians and military personnel were killed in what have been described as the most violent Israeli strikes on Syria in three years. The air strikes targeted several areas in Aleppo’s countryside at about 1.45am local time on Friday (10.45pm Thursday GMT), the Syrian defence ministry said.
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