Shortly after US President Donald Trump announced his withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, Syria regime media reported that Israel had struck locations near the capital Damascus on Tuesday. Within two hours of the White House announcement, Syrian state news agency SANA reported explosions in Kisweh, south of Damascus. Syrian air defenses fired at two Israeli missiles, destroying both, SANA said. Kisweh, just south of Damascus, is an area known to have numerous Syrian army bases. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the missiles targeted depots and rocket launchers that likely belonged to Irans Revolutionary Guards, killing nine people. The group, which closely monitors the Syria war through a network of activists on the ground, said it was not clear whether those killed were Revolutionary Guard members or members of a pro-Iranian militia. An official with the Iran-led regional alliance supporting regime head Bashar Assad said the strike targeted a regime position, but killed a Syrian man and his wife who happened to be passing by in their car. He said there were jets in the sky but it was likely the position was targeted by surface-to-surface missiles from the Golan Heights. Asked about those statements, an Israeli military spokeswoman said: “We do not respond to such foreign reports.” Hours before Trump’s announcement, Israel went on high alert upon identifying “irregular activity” by Iranian forces in Syria. The Israeli military said it had instructed civic authorities on the Golan Heights to ready bomb shelters, deployed new defenses and mobilized some reservist forces. Israel’s top general, Gadi Eizenkott, canceled a scheduled appearance at an annual security conference and was conferring with Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman and other national security chiefs, officials said. Trump’s hard tack against the nuclear deal, while welcomed by Israel, has stirred fears of a possible regional flare-up. An April 9, a suspected Israeli strike killed seven Iranian military personnel at a Syrian airbase. Iran blamed Israel and vowed to retaliate. Israeli media said Tuesday’s order to prepare bomb shelters on the Golan was unprecedented during Syria’s war. Israel captured the Golan from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it in a moved no recognized internationally. Israel has posted Iron Dome short-range air defenses on the Golan, local media said, suggesting that the anticipated attack could be by ground-to-ground rockets or mortars. The military said it is prepared for "various scenarios" and warned "any aggression against Israel will be met with a severe response." Israel has warned it will not tolerate Tehran establishing itself militarily on its doorstep in Syria. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a televised address lauding Trump’s Iran policy and alluding to the tensions over Syria. “For months now, Iran has been transferring lethal weaponry to its forces in Syria, with the purpose of striking at Israel,” Netanyahu said. “We will respond mightily to any attack on our territory.” On Twitter, Lieberman said he had spoken to his US counterpart James Mattis and “updated him on regional developments”.