CAIRO: Israeli airstrikes killed 16 people in western Syria and wounded dozens more overnight, Syrian state media reported on Monday (Sep 9), the deadliest Israeli attack reported by Syrian authorities since the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus was hit in April.

Overnight Israeli airstrikes have killed 18 people and wounded 37 others in western Syria, said Syrian Health Minister Hassan al-Ghabbash on Monday (September 9), during a visit to one of the sites. There was no immediate comment from Israel,

Syria’s health minister says the number of people killed in overnight Israeli strikes has risen to 18, with dozens more wounded.

Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on targets inside government-controlled parts of war-torn Syria in recent years, but it rarely acknowledges or discusses the operations.

The number of people killed in overnight Israeli strikes in Syria has risen to 14 with more than 40 wounded, Syrian state media said Monday morning. Israeli strikes hit several areas in central Syria late Sunday,

Syria's health minister said Monday that overnight Israeli strikes killed 18 people in central Hama province, updating earlier figures, while a war monitor gave a higher death toll for the raids on military sites.

The Syrian state news agency SANA, citing a military source, said Israel had launched the strikes at around 11:20 p.m. on Sunday and targeted "a number of military sites in the central region," without elaborating on what was struck.

Syria’s health minister says the number of people killed in overnight Israeli strikes has risen to 18, with dozens more wounded.

Israeli airstrikes on Iran-backed groups in and around the west-central Syrian city of Masyaf in Hama Governorate overnight killed at least 14 people and injured 43, including many civilians, state-owned media reported.