In an airstrike to a residential building in Syria’s Damascus this Tuesday, Israel killed at least seven people.
This Tuesday, Israel carried out an airstrike on a residential building near the Iranian Embassy in Damascus, Syria, and killed at least seven people.
According to two Israeli officials who spoke on condition of anonymity, the strike was conducted to assassinate a ranking Hezbollah official involved in weapons smuggling who was believed to be in the building in the time of the attack. The building, they said, was used by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and Lebanon’s Hezbollah.
The building was located in the Mezzeh district of Damascus, a highly fortified neighborhood that houses foreign embassies and security buildings.
A report by Syria’s state media also indicated that Israel had launched three missiles that targeted a residential and commercial building in the Mezzeh district, killing seven civilians, including women and children. Footage posted on social media appeared to show a car engulfed in flames on a street surrounded by apartment blocks.