Several civilians were killed and some injured in an Israeli missile attack on Homs province, the Syrian Defense Ministry confirmed on Wednesday.

Earlier in the day, Syrian state broadcaster Al Akhbar reported that Syria's air defense assets were repelling an Israeli missile attack on Homs.

"Today at approximately 00:30 [21:30 GMT on Tuesday], the Israeli enemy launched an air aggression from a direction north of Tripoli [in Lebanon], striking a number of positions in the city of Homs and [Homs] province," the Ministry said in a statement.

حوالى الساعة 00:30 من فجر اليوم، شن العدو الإسرائيلي عدواناً جوياً من اتجاه طرابلس مستهدفاً نقاطاً في مدينة #حمص#الميادين #سوريا pic.twitter.com/b5PLE4DudA

— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) February 7, 2024

"Our air defenses responded to the enemy's missiles and shot down some of them. As a result of the aggression, several civilians were killed and wounded, and public and private property was damaged," it added.

Al Mayadeen's correspondent mentioned that the Israeli aggression resulted in the martyrdom of four people and the injury of seven, noting that the casualties are likely to rise.

On his part, the Director of the Ministry of Health in Homs, Muslim al-Atassi, said that several people were martyred and others were injured when a building on al-Hamra Street in Homs collapsed as a result of the latest Israeli aggression.

فرق الإنقاذ تعمل على انتشال الضحايا والعالقين تحت أنقاض البناء المستهدف في حي الحمرا، خلف الملعب البلدي في مدينة #حمص#الميادين#سوريا pic.twitter.com/EhHjLnM8VN

— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) February 7, 2024

He noted that there are no accurate figures of the casualties so far, adding that rescue and civil defense teams are working on rescuing and providing first aid to the injured.

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