An Israeli airstrike hit a residential building in the Kafr Sousa district in Syria's capital Damascus on Wednesday (February 21), killing two people, Syrian state media and a security source said, Reuters reports.
A military source cited by Syrian state TV said the strike at around 9:40 a.m. (0740 GMT) wounded a number of other people, identifying the dead as civilians.
Images published by Syrian state media showed the charred side of a multi-story building. The security source said the "attack did not achieve its aims."
The neighborhood hosts residential buildings, schools and Iranian cultural centers, and lies near a large, heavily-guarded complex used by security agencies. The district was targeted in an Israeli attack in February 2023 that killed Iranian military experts.
"I was at school and heard three successive sounds. People were terrified and went out. We all gathered and started to cry," said Ryam, a ten-year-old student in the neighbouring school.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.
Iran has been a major backer of President Bashar al-Assad during Syria's nearly 12-year conflict. Its support for Damascus and the Lebanese group Hezbollah has drawn regular Israeli air strikes meant to curb Tehran's extraterritorial military power.
Those strikes have ramped up in line with flaring regional tensions since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, with more than half a dozen Iranian Revolutionary Guards officers killed in suspected Israeli strikes on Syria since December.
