Update: Israeli airstrikes target military sites in Syria, killing 3

DAMASCUS, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) — Israeli airstrikes targeted four military sites across Syria’s central provinces of Homs and Hama on Friday night, killing three militants, a war monitor reported.
The strikes reportedly hit a weapons depot northwest of Hama and an air defense battery on Mount Ma’arin, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The Britain-based watchdog group said these sites are known to host members of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and other Iranian-affiliated militias.
Another strike targeted a military position in the Bseirin area of southern Hama, where the commander of an IRGC-backed rapid intervention unit was reportedly stationed.
In the western countryside of Homs, the airstrikes hit fuel kiosks linked to Syrian operatives working for the Lebanese Hezbollah group, killing three militants and injuring about 10 others, the observatory said.
The Syrian Ministry of Defense confirmed that Israel launched airstrikes from the direction of northern Lebanon, targeting several sites in central Syria. The ministry added that Syrian air defenses managed to intercept some of the missiles. ■