Alleged Israeli strikes on the northern Syrian city of Aleppo early on Friday killed 36 people, including five members of Lebanese terror group Hezbollah, according to Syrian reports.
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The Syrian Defense Ministry said earlier on Friday that a number of civilians and military personnel were killed after Israel and militant groups launched attacks against Aleppo.
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The airstrikes targeted several areas in Aleppo's countryside at about 1:45 a.m. local time, the ministry said a statement.
The hits coincided with drone attacks carried out from Idlib and western rural Aleppo that the ministry described as having been conducted by "terrorist organizations" targeting Aleppo and its surroundings.
However, the ministry did not mention a specific death toll or clarify whether the casualties were caused by the Israeli airstrikes or the attacks by militant groups.
Since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israeli civilians and soldiers, Israel has escalated its strikes on Iranian-backed militia in Syria. It has also struck Syrian army air defenses and some Syrian forces.
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