ISRAEL launched a missile attack on Damascus airport last night, according to Syrian army officials, in the latest action allegedly aimed at Iranian targets.

The bombing raid targeted an arms depot near the airport which Israel claims is being used to supply Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants in the region.

State TV showed footage of the attack and reported that Syrian air defences had shot down a number of the missiles before they struck their target.

‘‘Our air-defence systems thwarted an Israeli missile aggression,” a military spokesman said.

Israel refused to comment on the incident, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed today that Tel Aviv would try to stop arms from reaching groups that oppose Israel in the region.

“Israel is constantly working to prevent our enemies from arming themselves with advanced weaponry.

“Our red lines are as sharp as ever and our determination to enforce them is stronger than ever,” Mr Netanyahu said.

He threatened “strong and determined action against Iran’s attempts to station forces and advanced weapons systems in Syria” after Damascus and Tehran reached a new accord on security co-operation last month.

“No agreement between Syria and Iran will deter us, neither will any threat deter us,” he said.

A senior Israeli military official claimed earlier this month that Tel Aviv had targeted more than 200 supposed Iranian and Hezbollah weapons factories in Syria.

Iran has supplied military and financial support to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during the seven-year war in Syria. But Israel has long accused Iran of trying to build a military presence there and of launching missiles at its forces in the occupied Golan Heights in May.

It was the pretext for a devastating Israeli attack against Syria, with more than 20 missiles targeting infrastructure just hours after US President Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal.

Syrian military sources claimed to have uncovered a huge cache of Israeli-supplied weapons at abandoned Isis positions yesterday.

Cannons, rocket-propelled grenades, rockets, small arms and ammunition, including weapons made in the West and Israel, were found at one of the jihadists’ former strongholds in Hawz Yarmouk in western Daraa province during an army clear-up operation, Fars News Agency reported.

Syrian government forces have now retaken control of most of the country. A major assault against the jihadists’ last stronghold of Idlib is under way.