Israel's military carried out an airstrike Thursday on a residential building on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus that it said was a command center of the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

Israel on Thursday launched an airstrike on a building in Damascus, according to Syrian state media. It is understood that the attack targeted an area known to house Palestinian leaders, killing at least one person.

An Israeli airstrike targeted a building in an upscale neighborhood, destroying an apartment that neighbors said had been vacant for years.

Israel’s Defense Minister issued a warning, stating that Syria’s new president would face continued airstrikes if terrorist activities against Israel were organized from within the country. A member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad who was at the site claimed that the targeted building was the residence of the group’s leader,

Israel claimed on Thursday that its warplanes struck a building of the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad in the Syrian capital Damascus. A military statement said the strike was based on intelligence, calling the targeted building a “command center” for the group.

Israel carried out an air strike on the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday, targeting what the military said was a command centre belonging to the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad, used to direct 'terrorist activities' against Israel.

Defence Minister Israel Katz confirmed the Israeli Air Force conducted an air strike in Damascus on Thursday, following reports from a war monitor that an Israeli raid had killed one person in Syria's capital.

An Israeli airstrike destroyed a residential building on the outskirts of Damascus on Thursday in the latest Israeli incursion into post-Assad Syria.

Media outlets in Israel, quoting Syrian sources, said Israeli aircraft struck the building on the edge of the Syrian capital. View on euronews