Israeli attack kills at least 18 people in central Syria: Health minister

Syrians inspect the damage at the site of overnight Israeli strikes on the outskirts of Masyaf in Syria's central Hama province [Louai Beshara/AFP]

Israeli missiles have killed at least 18 people in central Syria, and dozens have been wounded, the health minister says.

A military source told the state-controlled SANA news agency that “at around 23:20 [20:20 GMT] on Sunday evening, the Israeli enemy launched an air aggression from the direction of northwestern Lebanon, targeting a number of military sites in the central region [of Syria].”