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Suspected Israeli airstrikes hit near Aleppo

The strikes were the first since Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett took office.
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Israel fired missiles into Syria late Monday night, according to Syrian state media outlets.

The Syrian military’s air defense forces responded to “Israeli missile aggression on a number of posts” in the Al-Safirah region southwest of Aleppo. The strikes began at 11:37 p.m. local time and caused material damages. Syrian forces downed some of the missiles, the government’s official SANA news outlet reported.

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