Israeli airstrikes targeted the Damascus international airport on Sunday, putting the airport out of commission just hours after it was announced to be operational following a month-long hiatus.

Israeli missiles were launched from the occupied Golan Heights at around 4:50PM and targeted the airport and some points in the vicinity of Damascus, according to an unnamed military source cited by Syrian state media (SANA).

“Our air defense forces responded to the enemy missiles and destroyed most of them,” said the source, adding that the strikes caused material damage and put the airport out of service.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) on Saturday reported that the Damascus international airport had resumed flights, more than a month after Israeli strikes damaged the runway.

Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes on regime-controlled areas of Syria throughout its 12-year civil war, often claiming to strike pro-Iran militias, such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah group which supports the Syrian army.

While it rarely comments on strikes attributed to it in Syria, Israel has repeatedly warned that it would not tolerate its arch-rival Iran to gain a foothold there.

There have been 55 Israeli strikes on Syrian territory since the beginning of the year, killing 102 soldiers and militiamen and wounding 117 others, according to SOHR. The strikes have resulted in the destruction of around 114 targets.