Israeli warplanes fired missiles at the Syrian capital Damascus late last night, hitting a weapons depot and wounding three soldiers, Syrian state media reported.
Most of the rockets fired by Israeli planes from Lebanon's airspace were shot down by anti-aircraft defense units, according to media reports.
The television, citing an unnamed military official, identified the planes as Israeli.
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported earlier that Israeli warplanes were flying low over parts of southern Lebanon, AP reported.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Israeli airstrikes targeted three positions south of Damascus that are weapons depots for the Lebanese extremist group Hezbollah and Iranian forces.
The American weekly Newsweek announced, citing a US defense official, that several high-ranking Hezbollah officials were wounded in that attack, a few minutes after they boarded the plane to Iran, Israeli media reported.
However, the former head of Israeli military intelligence, Major General Amos Yadlin, said that they were unlikely to be directly affected and that the consequences of the attack were still being considered, while Israeli officials remained silent.
That attack near Damascus is the first since US President Donald Trump announced last Sunday that his country would withdraw 2.000 of its soldiers from Syria.
After that announcement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel "will continue to act against Iran's efforts to gain a military foothold in Syria, as long as necessary" and that the actions there will even expand.
Almost an hour after the attack, residents of Damascus could still hear anti-aircraft defense units hitting targets in the air, and state TV reported that "the aggression is still ongoing" interrupting programs with patriotic songs.
Later, the TV quoted an unnamed official as saying that Syrian defenses "shot down most of the rockets before they reached their targets and that the aggression damaged a weapons depot and wounded three soldiers," and that Israeli jets had fired rockets from the Lebanese airspace.
The Israeli military spokesman's unit did not confirm the strikes, but it was announced that "the anti-aircraft defense system was activated due to anti-aircraft missiles fired from Syria." The Israeli military did not report any injuries or damage.
Israel is widely believed to have carried out a series of airstrikes in the past, mostly targeting Iranian and Hezbollah forces fighting alongside government forces in Syria. Last night's attack is the first since attacks on the southern suburbs of Damascus on November 29.
Russia announced it had delivered the S-300 air defense system to Syria in October, following the downing of a Russian reconnaissance plane on September 17. The plane was shot down by Syrian forces in response to an Israeli airstrike, which caused regional tension, AP reminds.
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