Israeli soldiers search near southern Israeli town of Ashalim, on April 22, 2021. Israel's military said on Thursday that it struck targets in Syria after a Syrian anti-aircraft missile hit southern Israel earlier in the day. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage in Israel. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)
JERUSALEM, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Israel's military said on Thursday that it struck targets in Syria after a Syrian anti-aircraft missile hit southern Israel earlier in the day.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage in Israel.
"Surface-to-air missile fire was identified from Syria," an Israeli military spokesperson said in a statement, adding that the missile landed in the Negev Desert.
According to the military, the missile triggered sirens in Dimona, a southern town where Isreal's Negev Nuclear Research Center is located.
Shortly later, the Israel army struck the battery from which the missile was launched and additional surface-to-air batteries in the area, in an attack the army said was "a response" to the missile.
The Israeli army Spokesperson Hedi Zilberman said in a separate statement that the Syrians missile, aimmed at Israeli air force jets in the Syrian Golan, missed its target. Enditem
