The Israeli army claimed Monday to have carried out a strike in Damascus on Hezbollah intelligence targets for Syria, where the pro-Iranian Lebanese movement is strongly established, with the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reporting two deaths. in this attack.
The Israeli army, which rarely comments on its attacks in Syriasaid in a statement that he “ carried out an air operation and struck […] targets belonging to the intelligence headquarters of the Hezbollah in Syria. »
She added that the Syrian intelligence branch of the Lebanese movement had “ an independent information collection, coordination, and review network under the direct command of Hezbollah's intelligence chief ».
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) for its part reported an Israeli strike on Monday south of Damascus on “ a house on a farm in the Sayyida Zeinab sector used by members of Lebanese Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards ».
The Syrian Foreign Ministry condemned the attack, saying it had targeted “ civil areas » south of Damascus and caused significant material damage. He made no mention of victims. Syrian state media reported that the strike took place around 5:18 p.m. and came from “ from the direction of the occupied Golan » by Israel.
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