Syrian air defenses responded to a fresh Israeli missile strike in the capital Damascus after midnight, state news agency SANA reported on Wednesday.

People in the capital heard powerful explosions as a result of the attack and the interception of the Syrian air defenses.

The state media has not given more details, but the oppositional Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that over 12 violent explosions were heard in the capital Damascus and its countryside as a result of the Israeli strikes.

According to Syrian Ministry of Defense, four soldiers were killed and three injured in the latest Israeli missile strike in Damascus.

(With input from Xinhua)