United States: State news agency SANA said 15 killed and 16 wounded in Israeli strikes on several residences in several Damascus suburbs Thursday, according to a Syrian military source.
Both complexes are situated in the suburbs of Mazzeh and Qudsaya which are situated to the west of the capital, according to the SANA report, as reported by Reuters.
Israeli Military Targets Palestinian and Hezbollah Facilities
Israeli army radio said a headquarters of the islamic jihad in palestine and what it described as other objectives were attacked in damascus.
Israel has been attacking Iran backed targets in Syria for years although it has increased the pace of such operations since the Oct.7 attack on Israeli territory by the Palestinian Hamas which led to the start of the Gaza war.
Strategic Locations and Past Use by Armed Groups
Residents, who fled after recent raids that killed some commanders from Lebanon’s Hezbollah armed group and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards based in Syria, said their commanders used to live in Mazzeh, as reported by Reuters.
Escalating Tensions
The high rise blocks of Mazzeh have in the past have been used by the authorities to detain leaders of Palestinian factions such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad.