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Suspected Israeli airstrikes hit near Aleppo

The strikes were the first since Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett took office.

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An Israeli Air Force F-35 Lightning II fighter jet performs during an air show at the graduation ceremony of Israeli air force pilots at the Hatzerim Israeli Air Force base in the Negev desert, near the southern Israeli city of Beer Sheva, on June 29, 2017. — JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images

Israel fired missiles into Syria late Monday night, according to Syrian state media outlets.

The Syrian military’s air defense forces responded to “Israeli missile aggression on a number of posts” in the Al-Safirah region southwest of Aleppo. The strikes began at 11:37 p.m. local time and caused material damages. Syrian forces downed some of the missiles, the government’s official SANA news outlet reported.

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