The Israeli military says it has conducted an airstrike on Syria’s capital, Damascus, claiming that the attack hit the headquarters of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement.
The regime’s military confirmed the airstrike in a statement on Thursday. It said a “command center belonging to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad” was struck, which the military claimed was used to plan attacks against Israel.
The Palestinian resistance group has dismissed the allegation.
Islamic Jihad spokesperson Muhammad al-Haj Musa said that the building, which was targeted in the Israeli airstrike earlier on Thursday, was not a command center of the group. He said the building was an empty house, according to Palestine’s Sama news agency citing the spokesperson.
Syria’s official news agency said the attack struck Damascus’s Dummar neighborhood, which is a residential area.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor based in London, reported that at least one person had been killed in the Israeli strike carried out with two missiles. Other reports said a number of people were injured as well.
In the meantime, the Reuters news agency, citing two Syrian security sources, said that target was a Palestinian person. Israel’s Channel 12 claimed a senior member of the Islamic Jihad was targeted in the attack.
Israel has escalated its aggression against Syria, which is now in a transitional period, following the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad in early December last year.
The regime has already moved forces into southern Syria, and said that they would remain in the Arab country indefinitely.
The Israeli military “is prepared to stay in Syria for an unlimited amount of time,” War Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday, according to The Guardian.
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