At least seven people were killed, including several children, in an Israeli airstrike that hit a residential building in the Mezzeh neighborhood of Damascus late on 8 October.
“The Israeli enemy launched an aerial aggression ... targeting a residential and commercial building in the densely populated Mezzeh neighborhood of Damascus, killing seven civilians, including children and women,” the Syrian defense ministry said in a statement.
At least 11 others were injured, as local reports said the attack caused “significant material damage to private property in the surrounding area.”
Officials in Damascus confirmed none of the casualties were Iranian, as the attack hit near the Islamic Republic’s embassy building.
“Syria condemns in the strongest terms this brutal crime against defenseless civilians, and considers it to be a continuation of the crimes of genocide committed by the usurping entity of Israel against the Palestinians and Lebanese,” the Syrian foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
“Once again, the Israeli enemy committed another crime during a cowardly missile attack on a civilian building in the heart of Damascus, killing innocent women and children,” the Iranian embassy said in a statement.
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