Israeli missile strike on Damascus flat kills two
Syria says two killed in alleged Israeli strike on Damascus apartment building. State media says missile fired through 4th-floor window in high-security neighborhood that houses Iranian facilities; no comment from IDF
An Israeli airstrike killed two people in a residential building in Damascus' Kafr Sousa district, killing two people, according to Syrian state media and a security source. The attack wounded several others, identifying the dead as civilians. Syrian state-run SANA reported that Israeli warplanes fired missiles from over the Golan Heights. Images of the aftermath showed a partially blackened building with windows blown out and a fire visible in one targeted apartment.
According to the sources, The area was frequented by senior figures from Iran's Revolutionary Guards and Lebanese group Hezbollah. The Syrian military has acknowledged carrying out hundreds of strikes on targets in Syria linked to Iran and allied armed groups. The strike has reportedly increased since the start of the Gaza Strip war in October, in response to cross-border attacks on Israel by Hezbollah and other Iran-backed groups in Lebanon and Syria.
Iran has built a network of allied armed groups and proxies operating in countries across the Middle East, all opposed to Israel and the US. Some of these armed groups, including Hamas and Hezbollah, are proscribed as terrorist organizations by Israel, the US, and the UK.
An alleged Israeli airstrike targeted an apartment in a residential building in the Kafr Sousa district in Syria’s capital Damascus on Wednesday, killing two people, Syrian state media and a security source said.
A military source cited by Syrian state TV said the morning strike wounded a number of other people, identifying the dead as civilians. Syria’s state-run SANA news agency said Israeli warplanes fired missiles at the building from over the Golan Heights.
SANA also published images of the aftermath of the attack, showing the outside of a multi-story building partially blackened with windows blown out, and a fire visible in one apartment that appeared to have been targeted.
The security source said the “attack did not achieve its aims.” Later, Iran’s semi-official Student News Network said the attack did not kill any Iranian nationals or advisers.
The neighborhood hosts residential buildings, schools and Iranian cultural centers, and lies near a large, heavily guarded complex used by security agencies. The district was targeted in another alleged Israeli attack in February 2023 that killed Iranian military experts.
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