12 Killed in an Israeli Bomb Attack in Syria

An Israeli shelling attack on the Syrian countryside of Aleppo early on Monday left at least 12 people dead and others injured, according to Agence France-Presse.

Agence France-Presse quoted the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights as saying that the bombing targeted the town of Hayyan, west of Aleppo.

The agency reported that there was an “Israeli airstrike in the area of ​​Hayyan town in the northern villages of Aleppo, where the target caused a series of explosions in a copper factory in the area,” which is controlled by Iranian groups, resulting in the death of for 12 people of pro-Iranian groups

Israel has not commented on the attack.

Syrian official media quoted a military source as saying that several people were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting areas near the Syrian city of Aleppo on Monday.

Reuters news agency says this is the second attack reported in the country in less than a week.