People check the damage after an Israeli strike in the Mazzeh district of Damascus, Nov. 14, 2024. (Illustration photo Louai Beshara/AFP)
The Israeli army killed at least 68 people in Syria on Wednesday in airstrikes against against pro-Iranian groups in the central Syrian city of Palmyra, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH).
The NGO said that 42 were Syrian pro-Iranian fighters and 26 foreigners, mostly Iraqis from the al-Noujaba group but also four members of Hezbollah. The NGO's previous death toll was 61.
The Syrian government has remained relatively removed from the year-long war between Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah, in which the Israeli army has killed more than 43,000 people in Gaza and more than 3,500 in Lebanon. However, the Israeli army has bombed pro-Iranian groups in Syria on multiple occasions and in April, bombed the Iranian consulate in Damascus.
The Israeli army killed at least 68 people in Syria on Wednesday in airstrikes against against pro-Iranian groups in the central Syrian city of Palmyra, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH).
The NGO said that 42 were Syrian pro-Iranian fighters and 26 foreigners, mostly Iraqis from the al-Noujaba group but also four members of Hezbollah. The NGO's previous death toll was 61.
The Syrian government has remained relatively removed from the year-long war between Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah, in which the Israeli army has killed more than 43,000 people in Gaza and more than 3,500 in Lebanon. However, the Israeli army has bombed pro-Iranian groups in Syria on multiple occasions and in April, bombed the Iranian consulate in Damascus.
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