(Beirut) Fifteen people were killed in an Israeli strike on a residential building in Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) announced on Sunday in Beirut.
According to the OSDH there are civilians among the victims, and the strike hit a building near an Iranian cultural center in the Syrian capital.
In Damascus, the official Syrian agency Sana had previously reported “dead and wounded”, without specifying the number. Sana also said several buildings were damaged.
Since the beginning of the war in Syria in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes in its neighbor, primarily targeting positions of the Syrian army, Iranian forces and Lebanese Hezbollah, allies of the Syrian regime.
The Jewish state rarely comments on its strikes against Syria, but regularly asserts that it will not let Iran extend its influence to Israel’s borders.
In July 2022, an Israeli strike south of Tartous on Syria’s west coast injured two civilians, according to the Syrian Defense Ministry.