At least seven civilians, together with kids, had been killed, and 11 others had been injured after Israel hit a residential constructing within the al-Mazzeh space west of Syria’s capital Damascus, the state news company reported Tuesday.
The space is dwelling to embassies and safety headquarters.
Syria’s protection ministry mentioned the toll was preliminary as rescuers had been nonetheless combing the rubble.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights mentioned: “Israel targeted a building frequented by senior Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah operatives, as well as a car parked in front of the building.”
Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman mentioned 9 individuals had been killed, 5 of them civilians together with a toddler.
At least two of the lifeless had been foreigners, the Observatory mentioned, with out specifying their nationality.
None of the lifeless had been Iranian, the Iranian embassy in Damascus mentioned.
Later Tuesday, the Syrian overseas ministry condemned “in the strongest terms this brutal crime against defenseless civilians” calling for “immediate measures” to cease Israel from dragging the area “into a confrontation that will have disastrous consequences”.
AFPTV footage from the scene confirmed a constructing engulfed in smoke, with rubble and torn metallic strewn on the bottom.
Electrician Adel Habib, 61, who lives within the constructing which was hit, mentioned the strike was like “Judgment Day”.
“I was on my way home when the explosion happened and communications and electricity were cut off so I could no longer contact my family” contained in the constructing, Habib mentioned.
“These were the longest five minutes of my life until I heard the voices of my wife, children and grandchildren.”
Syrian state tv mentioned the strike induced “extensive” injury.
An AFP correspondent mentioned the primary three flooring of the constructing had been destroyed and counted about 20 automobiles broken by falling particles.
State media earlier reported that Syria’s air defenses had intercepted “hostile” targets within the neighborhood of Damascus.
Israel has been finishing up strikes in opposition to targets in Syria for years however has ramped up such raids because the Oct. 7 assaults final 12 months, amid fears over regional conflict because it additionally targets Lebanon, killing 1000’s of civilians and displacing a whole lot of 1000’s of others, on prime of its atrocities in Gaza, the place it killed over 42,000 Palestinians, principally girls and youngsters.
Source: www.dailysabah.com