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Three killed in Israeli strike on Damascus, Syrian state media says

By Thomson Reuters Oct 2, 2024 | 10:47 AM

CAIRO (Reuters) – Three civilians were killed and three wounded in an Israeli airstrike on Syria’s capital Damascus on Wednesday, the Syrian state news agency SANA quoted a military source as saying.

The Israeli airstrike targeted a residential building in the Mezzah suburb in western Damascus, the source said.

Israel has been carrying out strikes against Iran-linked targets in Syria for years, but has ramped up such raids since last year’s Oct. 7 attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israeli territory.

(Reporting by Enas Alashray and Yomna Ehab; Editing by Peter Graff and Kevin Liffey)