At 00:30 local time (UTC+3), Israel launched missile attacks against Homs from the direction of north of Tripoli in Lebanon,[4][5] targeting Shayrat Airbase and other locations near the city of Homs and the countryside.[3] The missile attacks demolished a building in one of Homs' most affluent districts, as well as other locations allegedly linked to militias. There was damage to private and public property in the al-Malaab neighborhood and Hamra street, where at least nine explosions were heard.[2][6] According to the head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel Rahman, 10 people were killed, including 6 civilians and 2 Hezbollah members. Among the dead were 3 students, a woman and a child.[1][2]