Syria war monitor says 3 civilians among 6 dead in Israel strikes on Damascus

Syrian Observatory reports Israeli strikes in Damascus, killing civilians and fighters, escalating tensions in the region.

A Syria war monitor said six people including three civilians were killed in Israeli strikes early Tuesday (October 1, 2024) targeting Damascus and its vicinity, amid fears of broader Israeli raids on the country.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strikes targeted two vehicles in Damascus’s upscale Mazzeh district, as well as “air defence batteries at the (city’s) airport, and the vicinity of the Kisweh area”, south of the capital.

“Three civilians including a media worker” were killed, as well as three pro-Iran fighters, said the Britain-based Observatory, which relies on a network of sources inside Syria.

Syrian state media had earlier reported that three civilians were killed in Israeli air strikes and nine others wounded, citing a military source.

“The Israeli enemy launched an air aggression with warplanes and drones from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting several points in Damascus,” the official news agency SANA said. “Three civilians were killed, and nine others injured,” it added.

A State television said one of its anchors had been killed. Safaa Ahmad was “martyred in the Israeli aggression on the capital Damascus”, it said.

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