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

The Israeli Air Force carried out an attack on a building in Damascus. Tel Aviv claims it housed the headquarters of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The target of the attack, as reported by Reuters citing sources in the Syrian security services,

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.