UPDATE 2-Israel missile strike targets Syrian military positions -Syrian army

Israeli warplanes fired missiles targeting Syrian military positions in Homs and the Damascus outskirts, the Syrian military said on Monday.

Syrian air defences confronted the attack, which was launched from Lebanese airspace, the Syrian defence ministry said in a brief report on its Telegram feed. An Israeli military spokeswoman, asked about the report, said: "We don't comment on such reports."

Syrian state news agency SANA said there were reports the attack had caused civilian deaths and injuries in Sahnaya, south of Damascus. It said a baby had been killed in Sahnaya as "a result of the Zionist aggression". SANA also cited its correspondent as saying Syrian air defences had brought down a number of the missiles. In recent years, Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria that it says have targeted its regional arch foe, Iran, and the Lebanese Hezbollah group, which it calls the biggest threat to its borders.

Iran and Hezbollah are fighting on the side of President Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian war, and Israel says they are trying to turn Syria into a new front against Israelis.