MOSCOW, April 28. /TASS/. Russia considers the ongoing Israeli shelling of Syrian territory unacceptable and categorically condemns the actions that violate international law, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on Thursday.

"We consider it necessary to emphasize that the ongoing Israeli shelling of the Syrian territory, the violation of the basic rights of international law is categorically unacceptable and inadmissible," she said, "We strongly condemn such irresponsible actions, which increase the number of military and civilian casualties and pose a real threat of an uncontrolled escalation of tension throughout the region."

Zakharova noted that such attacks "lead to a decrease in the military capacity of the Syrian Armed Forces and have a negative impact on the effectiveness of efforts to combat terrorism on Syrian soil." "We demand that the Israeli side stop this vicious and dangerous practice," she added.

Earlier, a spokesman for the Arab Republic's military command said that four Syrian soldiers were killed and three others were wounded in an Israeli attack on troop positions near Damascus. The Dubai-based Al-Hadath TV channel reported that five Hezbollah Shia militants, who fight on the side of the Syrian army against the terrorist groups, were also killed. The strikes targeted the area of the international airport in the south of Damascus, where arms depots and command posts of the Shia groups are located.

According to Al-Hadath, the attack was Israel's ninth aggressive action against Syria since the beginning of the year.