DAMASCUS, 22 January, 2021, (TON): Syrian air defences confronted “an Israeli aggression” in the region of Hama on Friday that killed four people from the same family at Syria's central province of Hama, state media reported.

A father, mother and two children were killed and four others were wounded in the attack, said SANA. It added that three residential homes were destroyed.

The Israeli warplanes fired their missiles from over the Lebanese city of Tripoli, targeting military targets in the vicinity of Hama, media reported, citing a military source.

It added that the air defenses intercepted most of the missiles.

The attack is the latest in a series of Israeli strikes targeting military sites in Syria. It was Israel’s first strike on Syria since Biden took office.

Earlier this month, an intense Israeli missile strike against a series of military positions in eastern Syria killed more than 57 fighters, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor.

The "intense" missile strike targeted positions of Syrian forces and allied Iranian-backed fighters in the area extending from the city of Deir al-Zour to the al-Bukamal area on the Syrian-Iraqi border said the Observatory.

According to the observatory group, Israel has carried out a total of 39 attacks on Syrian military sites.  These strikes killed at least 217 Syrian soldiers and pro-Iranian fighters.

Israel has been carrying out airstrikes against Hezbollah and Iranian targets in the war-torn country. Syria accuses Israel of “state terrorism” for airstrikes.

The war in Syria has killed more than 387,000 people and displaced millions.