This handout picture released by the Telegram channel of the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syria's Prime Minister Hussein Arnous inspects damage at the runway of Damascus International Airport on the outskirts of the Syrian capital on October 13, 2023 after an Israeli air strike. (PHOTO / SANA / AFP)

DAMASCUS - Israeli missile strikes targeted both international airports in the capital Damascus and the northern city of Aleppo early Sunday, killing one civilian worker and injuring another, said Syrian state news agency SANA.

Material damage to the runways at both airports left them out of service, said SANA.

The Syrian air defense systems responded to the Israeli missile attacks on both airports, the Lebanese al-Mayadeen TV news reported

The Syrian air defense systems responded to the Israeli missile attacks on both airports, the Lebanese al-Mayadeen TV news reported.

Further details are not immediately available.

The attacks come amid growing tension in the region.

On Saturday, a Hezbollah fighter was killed and another was injured in Israeli bombardment on the Lebanese-Israeli border, said the Shiite military group.

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The statement noted that Hezbollah mourned its fighter, without providing more details.

Hezbollah also announced that its fighters fired guided missiles at an Israeli Hummer vehicle in the vicinity of Dovev in northern Israel, "killing and wounding its crew members."

Sources from the Lebanese Internal Security Forces told Xinhua that the Israeli army bombed the outskirts of about 20 southern towns, causing severe damage to 15 homes and fires in forest areas and vineyards.

Meanwhile, Lebanese military sources told Xinhua that an Israeli drone fired a missile at a car in the center of the town of Hula in southeastern Lebanon, killing its driver and wounding another person.

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Hezbollah retaliated by targeting four Israeli sites in the occupied Shebaa Farms and the Kfarchouba Hills with guided missiles and bombed three other areas with rockets and artillery shells, the sources added.

A shell from Israeli artillery explodes over a house in al-Bustan, a Lebanese border village with Israel, south Lebanon, Oct 15, 2023. (PHOTO / AP)

The escalation on the Lebanese-Israeli border began when Hezbollah fired multiple rockets on Oct 8 toward Israeli military sites in support of a Hamas surprise attack against Israel. In response, the Israeli forces fired heavy artillery on southeastern Lebanon on the same day.