An Israeli strike targeted a residential building in the Sayeda Zainab district south of the Syrian capital Damascus on Sunday, the Syrian state news agency said.
Israel has ramped up strikes in Syria since the Oct. 7 attack by militant group Hamas on Israel in 2023 and particularly since the escalation of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict © Google
An Israeli strike targeted a residential building in the Sayeda Zainab district south of the Syrian capital Damascus on Sunday, the Syrian state news agency said.
The attack resulted in a "number of deaths and injuries", the state news agency added, without providing a detailed breakdown.
There was no immediate comment from Israel, which said last week that its air force had struck intelligence assets of the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah in the same area.
Sayeda Zainab, a stronghold of armed group Hezbollah and the site of a major Shi'ite shrine, has been the target in previous strikes.
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