Syria has condemned an Israeli attack on the village of Beit Jinn, southwest of the nation’s capital Damascus, which officers said hit a civilian car and left several individuals injured.

The attack was the second recognized Israeli strike on Syria in the previous week, with Syria branding it a “violation” of its sovereignty and worldwide legislation.

In a submit on X, the Israeli navy said it had focused a “terrorist” in the “final stages” of getting ready attacks which posed an instant menace to troopers.

The newest incident comes days after reports emerged Israel had struck a navy airbase shut to the Turkish border, which Syria said threatened to escalate tensions in the area.

After the earlier attack, Washington issued a uncommon rebuke of Israel, calling it an “unnecessary escalation that does not advance regional stability”.

In an interview on Friday, the US ambassador to Turkey, Tom Barrack, urged that the strike could be “the Israelis baiting the Turks” in an try to draw Turkey into a battle forward of upcoming Israeli elections.

Barrack’s feedback led Israel’s far-right defence minister, Israel Katz, to describe his account as “full of inaccuracies”.

Writing on X, Katz added Israeli forces were performing “in light of clear intelligence information about Turkey’s intentions”.

Following Tuesday’s strikes on the Abu al-Duhur airbase, the workplace of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu printed a assertion: “Israel and Syria agreed to a status quo in security matters, which Syria was on the verge of breaching by permitting Turkish troops to deploy at an airbase near Aleppo.”