Israel defended the moves as necessary security measures, but Syria accused it of trying to destabilize the country.

Elsewhere in the southern province of Daraa, 10 people were killed overnight in clashes between Israeli occupation forces and local residents in the Al-Jabaliya area, Syrian state media reported Thursday morning. The clashes erupted as the occupation forces carried out an incursion into the area, according to the state media in Syria.

Israel has been nervously eyeing a joint defence pact Turkey is negotiating with Syria's transitional government, and these latest air strikes come amid Turkish reports of military equipment being moved to Syrian airbases, including T4.