An Israeli strike hit an area south of the capital Damascus late on Monday, causing damage, according to state-run media.
State-run news agency SANA, citing a military source said, “Israeli enemy warplanes targeted a number of civilian sites south of Damascus, resulting in material losses.” “At approximately 5:18pm (1418 GMT) Monday, the Israeli enemy launched an air attack from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting a number of civilian sites south of Damascus, which led to some material losses.”
The Syrian Observatory from Human Rights, which has been monitoring violence since 2011, said Israel had launched three strikes on the Damascus countryside governorate. It said the first targeted the Kaou Sudan junction near Sayyida Zeinab, which was crowded with displaced Lebanese people, Hezbollah members and Iranian militias.
The second was on the vicinity of the hotel southeast of Sayyida Zeinab, while the third targeted farms belonging to Iranian militias on Al-Rawda Road in southern Damascus.
Sources close to the Syrian government told DPA an Israeli plane fired several missiles at a farm near the city of Sayyida Zeinab. Local residents from the city said a number of ambulances were heading to the farm that was targeted after the area was cordonned off by Syrian government forces. The Observatory said it has documented 137 strikes by Israel on Syria since the beginning of 2024. (DPA)
