Initial Summary:

Locations of Incident: four points in Homs city and countryside - a residential building in the Hamra neighbourhood, the garage of the Technical Services Directorate, Homs Refinery, and an unconfirmed location in the town of Qusayr in the Homs countryside.
Date: February 7, 2024
Time: 00:30 local time in Damascus
Victims: Up to 11 people reportedly killed including seven civilians; the Syrian Archive confirmed the deaths of nine people including six civilians holding Syrian nationality, and three fighters, two of whom belonged to Hezbollah and held Lebanese nationality.
Type of Incident: Airstrikes believed to be carried out by combat aircraft
Weapon Used: Unidentified
Potential Perpetrator: Israeli Air Force

Introduction:

Several sites in Homs city and its surrounding countryside, three of which the Syrian Archive was able to identify, were subjected to airstrikes by combat aircraft believed to belong to the Israeli Air Force, at around 00:30 local time on February 7, 2024.

The attack resulted in the complete destruction of a residential building in the Hamra neighbourhood of Homs city and damage to surrounding buildings, in addition to destruction in the garage of the Technical Services Directorate (a local government service provider) in the city. The Syrian Archive was unable to accurately determine the precise third location due to the lack of visual content; however, the images show that it is a place near the Homs refinery.

According to a report published by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the bombing resulted in the deaths of 11 people: “four university students, a woman and her doctor son, a person whose remains were found who was allegedly hosted in the doctor’s house, two members of the Lebanese Hezbollah, a Syrian person working with Hezbollah, and another pro-Iranian militant of non-Syrian nationality.” The Syrian Archive confirmed nine deaths, including six civilians with Syrian nationality, and three military personnel, two of whom belonged to Hezbollah holding Lebanese nationality.

Since the fall of the Assad government in Syria, a number of the sources that were archived and analysed as part of this investigation have been taken offline. The Syrian Archive has annotated where materials are no longer available online but have been preserved in our archives; if you would like to request access to the archived materials, please email requests@syrianarchive.org.

About the Impact Sites:

The three impact sites that the Syrian Archive was able to identify are located in the city of Homs and its countryside, which were completely under the control of the Assad government from May 21, 2017 until December 7th, 2024.

Satellite image from Maxar via Google Earth Pro showing the three confirmed impact sites - first: Residential building at coordinates 34.730740, 36.69887816; second: Technical Services Directorate garage at coordinates 34.681594, 36.720278; third: A place near the Homs refinery at coordinates 34.7173776, 36.636373. The markers were added by the Syrian Archive to the image captured by the Syrian Archive on August 22, 2024.

The first impact site is located at coordinates 34.730740, 36.69887816 on Wasil Bin Ataa Street in the Hamra neighbourhood of Homs, to the north of Khaled bin al-Walid Stadium (Municipal Stadium). It is surrounded by several residential buildings, in addition to Khaled bin al-Walid Stadium, Al-Karamah Football Club, and a number of restaurants and shops.

Satellite image from Airbus via Google Earth on 06 March 2023 showing the first impact site (orange square) at coordinates 34.730740, 36.69887816, and surrounding residential buildings and civilian landmarks. The marker was added by the Syrian Archive; image captured by the Syrian Archive on August 22, 2024.

Abdullah al-Bawwab, head of Homs City Council, stated that the attack was on a three-floor building in a civilian area. He also claimed, in a report by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and another by Noon Post, that students at Homs University were living in the basement of the building, while a woman and her son (the owner of the building) were living on the first floor, and the third floor was occupied by tenants of non-Syrian nationality (floor numbers defined by online sources).

The second impact site is located at coordinates 34.681594, 36.720278, and is a garage belonging to the Technical Services Directorate in Homs near the Homs-Damascus international road. The Technical Services Directorate is affiliated with the Ministry of Local Administration and provides public construction, maintenance and regulatory services. The garage is not surrounded by residential buildings; satellite images show the presence of machinery (large trucks and vehicles) in the area. On the western side of the garage is the headquarters of the Syrian Military Construction Company, while the eastern side includes the third military prison (Al-Baloonah) in Homs.

Satellite image from Airbus via Google Earth on 27 June 2024, showing the second impact site (orange square) at coordinates 34.681594, 36.720278 and the surrounding landmarks; the markers were placed by the Syrian Archive on images captured on August 22, 2024.

For the third impact site, the Syrian Archive was unable to determine its exact location due to the absence of landmarks in the available visual content, but it may be in the Mazraa area near the Homs refinery at coordinates 34.7173776, 36.636373.

For the fourth impact, the Syrian Archive did not find any visual content that would allow determination of the approximate location, which is claimed to be in the town of Qusayr in the Homs countryside.

What Happened and When:

According to information available on the Internet and media reporting, at around 00:30 local time on February 7, 2024, the city of Homs and its surrounding countryside were subjected to airstrikes with missiles believed to have come from Israeli Air Force combat aircraft. Local news Facebook pages claimed to hear the sounds of nine to ten explosions in the city of Homs and its countryside. Rami Abdul Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, claimed in an interview on Al-Ghad TV that five areas in Homs and its surroundings were targeted with nine missiles from Israeli airstrikes. According to Rahman the targets included a building in the Al-Hamra neighbourhood; a place near the Technical Services Directorate in Awras; a farm or building described as belonging to Hezbollah near the Homs refinery; and a target in the town of Qusayr. Posts on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) also claimed that fragments of the exploding missiles fell on the Al-Waer farms and east of the Tadmur roundabout in Homs, and on the Al-Shayrat airbase, each of which the Syrian Archive was unable to confirm due to the lack of visual content in the aforementioned impact locations.

Photos and videos of the airstrikes, which allegedly killed 11 people including seven civilians, show smoke, fires, destruction, and the first response moments in different areas, in addition to the moment one of the missiles fell on a place likely to be the location of the first impact.

First Reports:

The first reports that the Syrian Archive was able to access via social media were at 00:30 local time on February 7, 2024, when journalists Majd Fares and Haidar Razouq published posts on their Facebook pages talking about the sounds of explosions in the city of Homs.

Screenshot from the page of journalist Majd Fares showing the first report of explosions heard in Homs, captured by the Syrian Archive on July 31, 2024.

Screenshot from the page of journalist Haidar Razouk showing the first report of explosions heard in Homs, captured by the Syrian Archive on July 31, 2024.

The Telegram channel ‘fighter Wassim Issa’ posted at 00:31 and 00:32 on the same day (posts now offline, but archived) about hearing explosions in Homs. A minute later, the Sam News Telegram channel reported air defenses clashing with hostile targets in the skies of Homs.

At 00:33, the Sham FM Facebook page quoted its correspondent in Homs as saying that loud explosions were heard in Homs, "likely caused by aggression."

Screenshot from Sham FM page, stating that the explosions were likely caused by aggression, captured by the Syrian Archive on July 31, 2024.

The above-mentioned reports are consistent with what was reported by two videos and Facebook pages (Syrian Channel and Homs Media Directorate) from a military source, who spoke about an attack by Israeli forces from the direction of northern Tripoli in Lebanon, on a number of points in the city of Homs and its countryside; the source specified the time at 00:30 in the morning on February 7, 2024.

Hebrew-language pages on Facebook and Telegram transmitted news accompanied by videos and photos about bombing allegedly originating from Israeli forces on sites in the city of Homs and its countryside.

Further reports with photos and videos followed, as the Almina Media, Al-Souriya, and the Homs Governorate Press Office Facebook pages; and AFP Arabic, Sky News Arabia, Sham FM, and Seba Hamoud YouTube channels published reports of airstrikes on the city of Homs and its countryside and showed the destruction resulting from the attack.

The accumulated reports about the date and time of the incident indicate that the bombing of sites in the city of Homs and its countryside began at or shortly before 00:30 on February 7, 2024.

Geographical Locations:

Impact Site 1:

A residential building in the Al-Hamra neighbourhood at coordinates 34.730740, 36.69887816

A photo published on Facebook shows smoke and fires in a location inside the city of Homs. The photo shows an area between a multi-storey building and a tower building. By comparing the landmarks in the photo with other photos taken in the area, the Syrian Archive was able to identify and locate a residential building surrounding the Al-Safir Hotel complex in Homs, and the tower building known as the Gardenia Tower.

Above: a Facebook photo showing smoke between a residential multi-story building and tower building; Middle: two satellite images from Google Earth; Bottom right: a photo of the Gardenia Tower; Bottom left: a photo of a multi-story building inside the Al-Safir Hotel complex in Homs. Markers are from the Syrian Archive’s addition of landmarks to the images at coordinates: 34.736830, 36.699055 and 34.723873, 36.701419; images captured by the Syrian Archive on August 23, 2024.

Fourteen hours after the attack, a YouTube channel posted a video of the place that was bombed, a multi-story building located near the municipal stadium in the city of Homs at coordinates 34.730740, 36.69887816. The video showed that the building was completely destroyed.

Above are screenshots from a YouTube video, below is a satellite image from Google Earth. The markers are from the Syrian Archive and the red box shows the building that was bombed at coordinates 34.730740, 36.69887816. Captured by the Syrian Archive on August 23, 2024.

Impact site 2:

Homs Technical Services Directorate garage at coordinates 34.681594, 36.720278

Photos and a video show a location containing buildings, trucks and machinery, allegedly a garage belonging to the Homs Technical Services Directorate, which was bombed on February 7, 2024. The visuals show damage to vehicles and buildings. By comparing the landmarks with Google Earth images, the Syrian Archive was able to confirm the location at coordinates 34.681594, 36.720278.

Above are four screenshots from the video from the Homs Governorate Press Office; centre-left is a cropped photo from the Simply Syria Facebook page; centre-right is a photo from the Homs Governorate Press Office; below is a satellite image from Maxar via Google Earth, showing landmarks in a technical services garage at coordinates 34.681594, 36.720278; the markers were placed and cropping done by the Syrian Archive on images captured on August 26, 2024.

Impact Site 3:

A place near the Homs refinery, which is at coordinates 34.7173776, 36.636373

Photos show smoke rising from a place where landmarks appear to indicate proximity to towers and tanks in the Homs refinery. By comparing the landmarks with an old photo of the refinery, the location of the towers can be determined at the general area of coordinates 34.7173776, 36.636373, without being able to accurately determine the precise location of the bombing due to the lack of visual content.

Top right photo from the page of Aleppo Geographic; top left photo from the page of Talkalakh; centre-right photo from the page of journalist Wahid Yazbek; centre-left photo from Google Maps; bottom satellite image from Maxar via Google Earth, showing landmarks at coordinates 34.7173776, 36.636373. The markers were placed by the Syrian Archive on the images captured on August 26, 2024.

Destruction:

Impact Site 1 - residential building in the Al-Hamra neighbourhood:

A video (post now offline, but archived) published 18 days before the incident on the Syria Real Estate YouTube channel shows an external view of the residential building in the Al-Hamra neighbourhood in Homs before it was destroyed. By comparing those visuals of the building with a video of the destruction from the bombing and the landmarks on Google Earth, it can be confirmed that a multi-storey residential building was completely destroyed.

Above are screenshots from the video of the residential building on January 20, 2024 (post now offline, but archived); in the middle are two screenshots from the video of the destroyed building; below is a satellite image from Google Earth. The markers were placed by the Syrian Archive including the orange square of the destroyed building at coordinates 34.730740, 36.69887816; images captured by the Syrian Archive on August 27, 2024.

Photos and videos taken after the incident show complete destruction of a multi-storey residential building, damage to neighbouring buildings, shattered glass in buildings, damage to the surface of the playground next to the building, and damage to cars. In a video posted on the Syrian Channel’s Facebook page, shop owners in the area adjacent to the bombing in the Hamra neighbourhood spoke about the damage to their property.

Screenshots from a video showing destruction of a multi-storey residential building at coordinates 34.730740, 36.69887816, captured by the Syrian Archive on August 27, 2024.

Screenshot from a video showing damage in buildings near the bombed building in the Al-Hamra district at coordinates 34.730643, 36.699323, captured by the Syrian Archive on August 27, 2024.

Screenshots from a video showing a destroyed multi-story residential building and damage to adjacent structures and service facilities of the stadium at coordinates 34.730740, 36.69887816, captured by the Syrian Archive on August 27, 2024.

Above: A screenshot from a video showing damage to the adjacent playground of the building that was bombed. Below: A screenshot from Esri World Imagery Wayback at coordinates 34.730246, 36.698928, marked and captured by the Syrian Archive on August 27, 2024.

Above: A screenshot from a video showing shattered glass of a building. Below: An image from Google Maps of the building before it was impacted at coordinates 34.730328, 36.699339, marked and captured by the Syrian Archive on August 27, 2024.

Image showing the shattering of glass in a building adjacent to the bombing in the Al-Hamra neighbourhood at coordinates 34.730574, 36.699369, captured by the Syrian Archive on August 27, 2024.

Screenshot from a video showing damage to a car at coordinates 34.730797, 36.699026, captured by the Syrian Archive on August 27, 2024.

Impact site 2 - Homs Technical Services Directorate garage:

Photos and videos taken after the incident show damaged vehicles and machinery, rubble, and broken windows at the Technical Services Directorate garage.

Image showing damage to a building and a truck in the Technical Services Directorate garage in Homs at coordinates 34.681812, 36.720140, captured by the Syrian Archive on August 27, 2024.

Screenshots from a video by the Homs Governorate Press Office showing destruction of vehicles and buildings belonging to the Technical Services Directorate garage in Homs at coordinates 34.681812, 36.720140, captured by the Syrian Archive on August 27, 2024.

Impact Sites 3 and 4:

The Syrian Archive was unable to identify damage at the third and fourth sites due to the lack of visual content about them.

Victims:

A video report by AFP Arabic estimated that several people were killed and injured in an attack on several areas in the city of Homs. All information about victims found by the Syrian Archive related to the first impact location - the residential building in the Al-Hamra neighbourhood. Wahid Yazbek, a correspondent for Radio Al-Madina FM, estimated "eight dead and 13 injured, one of them in critical condition," claiming that the victims included a woman, her son, four students, and passersby from the neighbourhood.

The Ministry of Health stated in a Facebook post that the death toll from the attack reached nine, in addition to 13 injured. Both the Director of Civil Defense and the Director of Health in Homs reported casualties, saying that they were civilians, including an elderly woman (the homeowner) and university students renting an apartment. Meanwhile, a report published by Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper claimed that among the victims were civilians and military personnel affiliated with Hezbollah.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the death toll reached 11, including a woman and her son (a doctor); four university students; a civilian visiting the doctor's house; two members of Hezbollah; a Syrian working with Hezbollah; and an armed supporter of Iran of non-Syrian nationality.

Videos published by Alikhbaria Syria and the Syrian Channel showed the moments of the first response and the evacuation of injured individuals from a location in the Hamra neighbourhood near a multistory building that was completely destroyed (the first impact site).

Screenshot from a video by Alikhbaria Syria claiming to show the moment of evacuating injured individuals at the first site in Homs, located at coordinates 34.730740, 36.69887816, captured by the Syrian Archive on August 28, 2024.

Screenshot from a video by the Syrian Channel claiming to show the moment of evacuating injured individuals at the first location in Homs, identified by the Syrian Archive through a comparison of prominent landmarks at the coordinates 34.73074, 36.69887816, captured by the Syrian Archive on August 28, 2024.

A video published by journalist Wahid Yazbek claims to show men in military uniforms, and others wearing the Syrian Arab Red Crescent uniforms, on the roof of a building in the Al-Hamra neighbourhood finding the body of a person, allegedly named Iyad Awarak, as a result of the attack on the first site. By comparing the prominent features of the location, the Syrian Archive was able to determine that the location shown in the video is about 45 meters away from the building that was impacted as the first site.

Screenshot showing the location of the body of a person alleged to have been killed in the attack on the first site, captured by the Syrian Archive on August 28, 2024.

Above are screenshots of the site where one of the individuals is alleged to have been killed in the attack on the first location. Below is a satellite image from Google Earth at the coordinates 34.73029, 36.699268. The markers were placed by the Syrian Archive (the red circle indicates the claimed location of the body). These images were captured by the Syrian Archive on August 28, 2024.

Satellite image from Google Earth showing the distance between the building at the first location at the coordinates 34.730740, 36.69887816, and the alleged location where the body of one of the individuals believed to have been killed in the attack was found at the coordinates 34.730299, 36.699268. This image was captured by the Syrian Archive on August 28, 2024.

To add another layer of verification, the Syrian Archive cross-referenced the names of the deceased through available sources including obituaries and posts by the victims' families.

Civilians:

An analysis of the available online content confirmed the deaths of six civilians in the attack on the first location. They were:

Nabilla Mohammed Muneeb Raslan: 85 years old, wife of lawyer Marwan Al-Mousli, owner of the building at the first location, and a member of the Child Care Society.
Mohammed Hassan Marwan Al-Mousli, 50 years old, the only son of Mrs. Nabilla Raslan, and father of two children. He was a doctor who studied and worked in Florida, USA, according to his personal Facebook account.

Image of the obituary for Nabilla Raslan and her son, Mohammed Hassan Al-Mousli, posted on Facebook on February 8, 2024, captured by the Syrian Archive on August 28, 2024.

Facebook posts by Hassan Al-Mousli's relatives mentioned that he had returned from the USA to visit his mother a week before the incident and was killed two hours before his planned return.

Eyad Awarik (Eyad Abu Ras): A fifth-year student at the Faculty of Pharmacy at the National Private University. A video and post claim that his body was found on the roof of a building near the first location. His image matches another individual alleged to have been killed in the attack on the first location on Al-Hamra Street, whose name, Eyad Abu Ras, also appears in the obituary from the National Private University and the National Union of Syrian Students, National Private University Branch (account now offline but materials archived). It is therefore likely that Eyad Awarik and Eyad Abu Ras are the same person.

On the right, a screenshot of a post by Waleed Mazen Eljee on Facebook, and on the left, a screenshot of a post by Khaled Nehlawei on Facebook. Both were captured and marked by the Syrian Archive on August 29, 2024.

On the right, an image of the obituary for Eyad Awarik published on Facebook by journalist Wahid Yazbek on February 8, 2024, and on the left, an image of an obituary for Eyad Abu Ras published on Facebook by National Private University on February 7, 2024, both captured and marked by the Syrian Archive on August 29, 2024.

Anas Ebo: A student at the Faculty of Management at the National Private University, allegedly killed in the attack on the first location in Homs. His name appears in the obituary from the National Private University and the National Union of Syrian Students, National Private University Branch (account now offline but materials archived).

Image of the obituary for Anas Ebo published on Facebook by Teachers Syndicate in Homs - First City Branch on February 7, 2024 , captured by the Syrian Archive on August 29, 2024.

Abdul Rahman Al-Sabai: A student at the Faculty of Management at the National Private University, allegedly killed in the attack on the first location on Al-Hamra Street in Homs. His name appears in the obituary from the National Private University and the National Union of Syrian Students, National Private University Branch (account now offline but materials archived).

Image of the obituary for Abdul Rahman Al-Sabia published on Facebook by Abd Alrafea Alsebai on February 7, 2024, captured by the Syrian Archive on August 29, 2024.

Abdul Jabbar Al-Sayed: According to his personal Facebook page, he studied at the Faculty of Law at Al-Baath University, and was allegedly killed in the attack on the first impact site on Al-Hamra Street in Homs.

Photo from a post by Abdul Jabbar Al-Sayed's father on Facebook posted on 23 February, 2024, showing Abdul Jabbar Al-Sayed’s gravestone, captured by the Syrian Archive on August 29, 2024.

Photo of the obituary for Abdul Jabbar Al-Sayed published on Facebook by Mohammed Faris Al Sayed on February 7, 2024, captured by the Syrian Archive on August 29, 2024.

Armed group members:

Syrian:

Ahmed Samir Qanbar (Abu Samir): Held Syrian nationality and resided in the Imam Zain Al-Abidin neighbourhood in Damascus. He was allegedly killed in the attack on the first site in the Al-Hamra neighbourhood of Homs. A social media account claimed that Qanbar was a senior leader of Lebanese Hezbollah and the commander of the central region in Homs. The Syrian Archive has not been able to verify these claims; however, accounts on Facebook and X from his family members, including his wife's account, confirm his death and show pictures of him in military uniform. Additionally, a video of his funeral (post now offline, but archived) shows his coffin wrapped in a Lebanese Hezbollah flag, and accounts in Farsi and Hebrew have mentioned his affiliation with Lebanese Hezbollah.

Photos of Ahmed Samir Qanbar on Facebook, captured by the Syrian Archive on August 29, 2024.

At the top, a screenshot from the funeral video of Ahmed Samir Qanbar (post now offline, but archived), in which a coffin is part covered by a Hezbollah flag; at the bottom, an image of the Hezbollah flag, both captured by the Syrian Archive on August 29, 2024.

Screenshot of an obituary for Ahmed Samir Qanbar on the X platform, captured by the Syrian Archive on August 29, 2024.

Lebanese Hezbollah:

Hussein Muhammad Shams (‘Mahdi’): Born in 1995 in the town of Al-Laboueh in the Beqaa Valley, he was a member of Lebanese Hezbollah. He was alleged to have been killed in the attack on the first location in the Al-Hamra neighbourhood in Homs. A video (account now suspended but materials archived) of Hussein Muhammad Shams's funeral in the Lebanese town of Al-Laboueh was shared by the Nasim Center account on the X platform, showing his picture on a coffin wrapped in a Hezbollah flag.

Screenshot from the Al-Manar website (a Hezbollah-owned media outlet) of the obituary for Hussein Muhammad Shams, captured by the Syrian Archive on August 30, 2024. Syrian Archive assesses that the provided date of 06/02/2024 is an administrative error due to the incident taking place at 00:30 on 07/02/2024.

Screenshot from a video on X (account now suspended but materials archived) of the funeral for Hussein Muhammad Shams in the Lebanese town of Al-Laboueh, captured by the Syrian Archive on August 30, 2024.

Muhammad Jaafar Asili (‘Walaa’): Born in 1975 in the town of Ansar in southern Lebanon, he is a member of Lebanese Hezbollah, and was allegedly killed in the attack on the first location in the Al-Hamra neighbourhood in Homs. Al-Ahed News (a Hezbollah-affiliated media outlet) reported on the funeral of Muhammad Jaafar Asili, accompanied by images showing his coffin wrapped in a Hezbollah flag along with a picture of the deceased.

Photo from the Al-Ahed News website of the funeral for Muhammad Jaafar Asili, captured by the Syrian Archive on August 30, 2024.

Screenshot from the Al-Manar website of the obituary for Muhammad Jaafar Asili, captured by the Syrian Archive on August 30, 2024. Syrian Archive assesses that the provided date of 06/02/2024 is an administrative error due to the incident taking place at 00:30 on 07/02/2024.

A Facebook account mentioned the name Muhammad Ali Fayad, claiming that he was killed in the attack on a farm in Homs during the same incident. However, the Syrian Archive found a video of Fayad in the Lebanese town of Ansar uploaded to X on February 9, 2024, where he participated in the funeral of Muhammad Jaafar Asili, who was killed in the attack on Homs and whose funeral took place on 8 February 2024. This contradicts the claim of his death in the same incident. He may have been killed two days after the incident, according to news reports.

At the top, a photo from a Facebook account posted on 9 February 2024; on the bottom right, a screenshot from a video of the funeral for Muhammad Jaafar Asili; on the bottom left, another screenshot from the same funeral video, all captured by the Syrian Archive on August 30, 2024.

Iran:

Social media accounts claimed the death of Abu Baqir Al-Saadi in the attack on the first location in Homs, describing him as a leader in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
They also mentioned the death of Ali Al-Hosseini, allegedly the commander of the Afghan Fatemiyoun militia, in the same strike.
However, other available sources refute the claims of their deaths in the same attack. Facebook accounts indicate that Abu Baqir Al-Saadi was killed in a U.S. airstrike east of Baghdad on February 7, 2024; while Ali Al-Hosseini was killed three days before the incident on February 4, 2024, in a U.S. airstrike in Deir Ezzor.

From the detailed information above, it is possible to identify the names of six victims who appear to be civilians (a woman and her doctor son, along with four university students), in addition to one Syrian and two people of Lebanese nationality affiliated with Hezbollah.

Weapons Used:

The exact weapons used could not be accurately determined, as videos and photos did not show any munition remnants. However, news websites and Syrian media reported that the attack involved nine missiles launched from Israeli combat aircraft coming from the direction of Tripoli, Lebanon.

Compilation of screenshots from a video showing missile strikes allegedly in the city of Homs, captured by the Syrian Archive on August 30, 2024.

Potential Responsible Party:

According to the Assad government as reported by the official SANA news agency citing a military source, Israeli forces were responsible for the airstrikes.

Social media pages and international news outlets including Al Modon, France24, Sky News Arabia, Sputnik Arabic, Fact Alyoum, CNN Arabic and Al Jazeera held Israeli forces responsible for the attack and the resulting deaths.

The Syrian Archive did not find any official statement from the Israeli military through available sources regarding the attack. CNN Arabic reported that the Israeli army declined to comment on the strikes. However, Israeli news sites and an Israeli journalist acknowledged the attack or cited Syrian sources attributing responsibility to Israel. They reported that the bombardment targeted Syrian sites housing elements of Lebanese Hezbollah and a militia referred to as "Imam Hussein," loyal to Iran.

Conclusion:

Based on the detailed information above, it can be confirmed that sites in the city of Homs were subjected to airstrikes using missiles believed to be launched from Israeli Air Force combat aircraft coming from northern Tripoli, Lebanon, at around 00:30 on Wednesday, February 7, 2024.

The attack resulted in the deaths of nine confirmed individuals in the Hamra neighbourhood of Homs, six of whom were identified as civilians: a woman and her son, and four university students residing in a residential building. Three military personnel were killed: two Lebanese nationals affiliated with Hezbollah, and a Syrian fighter affiliated with Hezbollah. Additionally, there was destruction of the residential building and damage to other sites, including a Technical Services Directorate garage in the city.

It cannot be precisely confirmed that Israeli forces bombed the sites in the city of Homs, but reports and statements regarding the incident suggested that the Israeli Air Force was likely responsible for the attack.

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