Syria's defense ministry said on Thursday that the Israeli military launched airstrikes on targets in the capital Damascus as well as near the central city of Homs, resulting the death of one soldier.

Israel launched strikes on Syrian capital Damascus early on Thursday, the Syrian state media said, the latest such attack amid the war in Gaza. Explosions were heard over the city after Israel targeted a residential building in the central Damascus neighbourhood of Kafr Sousa,

Air raids target the central Damascus neighbourhood of Kafr Sousa and a military facility in the west of the country.

The Israeli military said on Thursday that five soldiers were killed and seven were wounded in southern Lebanon, where troops have been battling Iran-backed Hezbollah. The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah erupted one year ago when the Lebanese armed group began launching rockets at northern Israel in support of the Palestinian militant group Hamas,

Israel launched strikes on the Syrian capital Damascus and a military site near the western city of Homs on Thursday, the Syrian defence ministry said, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken toured the region pushing for a halt to fighting.

The Lebanese army said Thursday that three of its soldiers were killed by Israeli fire while carrying out a rescue operation in the south.

(Reuters) -Israeli strikes on the Syrian capital Damascus and a military site near the western city of Homs early on Thursday killed one soldier and injured seven, the Syrian defence ministry said. The attacks targeted the central Damascus neighbourhood of Kafr Sousa and a military site in the Homs countryside,