<p>Three civilians were wounded Saturday in Israeli air strikes near the Syrian city of Homs, state media reported, with a war monitor saying a Hezbollah munitions depot was hit.</p>.<p>During more than a decade of war in Syria, Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes on its territory, primarily targeting Iran-backed forces and Lebanese Hezbollah fighters as well as Syrian army positions.</p>.<p>While Israel rarely comments on the strikes it carries out on Syria, it has repeatedly said it will not allow its arch-foe Iran to extend its footprint in the war-torn country.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/russian-strikes-kill-25-including-five-children-1213997.html" target="_blank">Russian strikes kill 25 including five children</a></strong></p>.<p>"At around 00:50 (2150 GMT)... the Israeli enemy carried out an air attack with a number of missiles, from the direction of north Lebanon, targeting several positions in the vicinity of the city of Homs," state news agency <em>SANA </em>reported.</p>.<p>"Three civilians were wounded and a civilian petrol station caught fire and a number of fuel tanks and trucks were burned," it said, adding that Syrian air defences had intercepted some of the missiles.</p>.<p>When contacted by <em>AFP</em>, the Israeli military did not comment on the incident.</p>.<p>The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, said four Syrian soldiers were wounded in the strike that caused "loud explosions as the munitions in the depot blew up".</p>.<p>The Israeli strike also destroyed "trucks carrying weapons belonging to Lebanese Hezbollah" at the Dabaa military airport in the countryside of Homs province, the Observatory added.</p>.<p>On April 2, Israel carried out similar strikes targeting a Hezbollah depot in the Dabaa airport area, the Observatory had said, killing two pro-Iran fighters and wounding five soldiers.</p>.<p>The same day, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant repeated Israel's often repeated charge that Iranians are "attempting to entrench themselves in Syria and Lebanon".</p>.<p>"We will not allow the Iranians and Hezbollah to harm us. We have not allowed it in the past, we won't allow it now, or anytime in the future. When necessary -- we will push them out of Syria to where they belong -- and that is Iran," he told troops in the occupied West Bank.</p>.<p>On Monday, Israel's army shelled a position belonging to a pro-Iran group in southern Syria near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the second such bombardment in days, the Observatory said at the time.</p>
<p>Three civilians were wounded Saturday in Israeli air strikes near the Syrian city of Homs, state media reported, with a war monitor saying a Hezbollah munitions depot was hit.</p>.<p>During more than a decade of war in Syria, Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes on its territory, primarily targeting Iran-backed forces and Lebanese Hezbollah fighters as well as Syrian army positions.</p>.<p>While Israel rarely comments on the strikes it carries out on Syria, it has repeatedly said it will not allow its arch-foe Iran to extend its footprint in the war-torn country.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/russian-strikes-kill-25-including-five-children-1213997.html" target="_blank">Russian strikes kill 25 including five children</a></strong></p>.<p>"At around 00:50 (2150 GMT)... the Israeli enemy carried out an air attack with a number of missiles, from the direction of north Lebanon, targeting several positions in the vicinity of the city of Homs," state news agency <em>SANA </em>reported.</p>.<p>"Three civilians were wounded and a civilian petrol station caught fire and a number of fuel tanks and trucks were burned," it said, adding that Syrian air defences had intercepted some of the missiles.</p>.<p>When contacted by <em>AFP</em>, the Israeli military did not comment on the incident.</p>.<p>The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, said four Syrian soldiers were wounded in the strike that caused "loud explosions as the munitions in the depot blew up".</p>.<p>The Israeli strike also destroyed "trucks carrying weapons belonging to Lebanese Hezbollah" at the Dabaa military airport in the countryside of Homs province, the Observatory added.</p>.<p>On April 2, Israel carried out similar strikes targeting a Hezbollah depot in the Dabaa airport area, the Observatory had said, killing two pro-Iran fighters and wounding five soldiers.</p>.<p>The same day, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant repeated Israel's often repeated charge that Iranians are "attempting to entrench themselves in Syria and Lebanon".</p>.<p>"We will not allow the Iranians and Hezbollah to harm us. We have not allowed it in the past, we won't allow it now, or anytime in the future. When necessary -- we will push them out of Syria to where they belong -- and that is Iran," he told troops in the occupied West Bank.</p>.<p>On Monday, Israel's army shelled a position belonging to a pro-Iran group in southern Syria near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the second such bombardment in days, the Observatory said at the time.</p>