Alleged Israeli strike in Damascus kills five people, injures 15

A Syrian military source told SANA news that the strike came from the direction of the Golan Heights.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFFREUTERS
Published: FEBRUARY 18, 2023 23:33
Updated: FEBRUARY 19, 2023 07:27
A streak of light is seen in the night sky in the vicinity of the Syrian capital Damascus during what Syrian authorities said was an Israeli air strike, in this handout released by state news agency SANA on February 24, 2020. (photo credit: SANA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)
A streak of light is seen in the night sky in the vicinity of the Syrian capital Damascus during what Syrian authorities said was an Israeli air strike, in this handout released by state news agency SANA on February 24, 2020.
(photo credit: SANA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)

An alleged Israeli missile strike hit a building in the Kafr Sousa neighborhood of central Damascus early on Sunday, near a large security complex in the vicinity of Iranian military installations, witnesses and an official source told Reuters.

Five people were killed, including a Syrian soldier, and 15 were wounded in the alleged attack, which a Syrian military source said came from the direction of the Golan Heights, Syrian state media outlet Sana claimed.

The strike also caused the “destruction of a number of civilian homes, and material damage to a number of neighborhoods in and around Damascus,” the military source added.

 

A general view shows Damascus, Syria, April 22, 2021. (credit: REUTERS/YAMAM AL SHAAR/FILE PHOTO)
A general view shows Damascus, Syria, April 22, 2021. (credit: REUTERS/YAMAM AL SHAAR/FILE PHOTO)

Israeli military operations in Syria

Israel has conducted raids against Iran-linked military targets in Syria as the Islamic Republic further entrenches itself in the region.

The strike comes as Syria is still reeling from two earthquakes that tore through it and neighboring Turkey, killing tens of thousands of people.

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