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Israeli attacks on Syria's Damascus eliminate 15, state media states

Fifteen people were eliminated and 16 hurt in Israeli attacks on a number of domestic structures in residential areas of the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday, state news agency SANA reported, citing a Syrian armed force source.

The buildings lie in the residential areas of Mazzeh and Qudsaya, both west of the capital, the SANA report stated.

Israeli army radio said the targets of the attack in Damascus were a head office of the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad and what it described as other assets, without elaborating.

Israel has actually been performing strikes against Iran-linked targets in Syria for several years but has increase such raids since last year's Oct. 7 attack by Palestinian group Hamas on Israeli territory that stimulated the Gaza war.

Leaders in Lebanon's Hezbollah armed group and Iran's. Revolutionary Guards based in Syria have been known to live in. Mazzeh, according to residents who got away after current strikes. that killed some key figures from the groups.

Mazzeh's high rise blocks have been used by the authorities. in the past to home leaders of Palestinian factions consisting of. Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

(source: Reuters)