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Soldier killed in Israeli missile attack on military site in Syria

Published : 27 May 2019, 23:05

  DF-Xinhua Report
A Syrian serviceman guards the Quneitra Crossing, the only land crossing between Syria's Quneitra and Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, on March 26, 2019. Photo Xinhua.

An Israeli missile targeted a military position in Syria's southern province of Quneitra on Monday, killing a soldier and wounding another, state news agency SANA reported.

The Israeli missile hit a military site in the east of the town of Khan Arnabeh in the countryside of Quneitra, according to a military statement.

It is not the first time that Israel has attacked Syrian sites in Quneitra, which is close to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

On May 18, the Syrian air defenses intercepted "strange objects" flying from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in southern Quneitra, SANA said.

Israel has repeatedly targeted Syrian sites which it claims belong to Iran-backed militias such as Lebanon's Hezbollah.