Two people were killed and several others injured when an Israeli airstrike hit a three-story building in the Mazzeh Western Villas neighbourhood of Damascus, the capital of Syria, according to local reports.
The attack on Wednesday follows a previous Israeli strike on the neighbourhood in January, which killed 13 people, including five Iranians, Xinhua news agency reported.
On Tuesday morning, an Israeli attack near the neighbourhood killed three civilians and injured nine others.
The neighbourhood, which houses several diplomatic missions and high-profile residences, has been targeted in past strikes as it is believed to host commanders of Iranian and Palestinian factions.
Local sources said that rescue operations were still underway to search for survivors.
Nasrallah’s son-in-law killed in Israeli airstrike in Syria: Monitor
Damascus, Oct 3 (IANS) Two Lebanese nationals, including Hassan Jafar Qasir, the son-in-law of late Hezbollah leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a residence in the Mazzeh Western Villas neighborhood of Damascus, a war monitor reported.
The Israeli strike, which on Wednesday hit the first floor of a three-storey building frequented by Hezbollah and Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps leaders, left three people dead, including two non-Syrians, and injured at least four others whose identities remain unknown, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
For its part, the Syrian Defense Ministry said three civilians were killed and three others injured in the strike. The ministry said the attack was launched from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Xinhua news agency reported.
Israel killed Nasrallah in a powerful airstrike in the Lebanese capital Beirut on September 27.
Wednesday’s attack marks the second Israeli airstrike in the area this week. On Tuesday morning, Israel targeted a site approximately 500 meters from Wednesday’s strike, killing three people, including a journalist, and injuring nine others.
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