Israel carried out an airstrike on the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday, targeting what the military said was a command centre belonging to Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad.

Israel says it has carried out an airstrike on Syria's capital, Damascus, claiming that the attack targeted the headquarters of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement.

Syria’s state news agency says an Israeli airstrike has struck a residential building on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus. The agency did not give further details about Thursday’s airstrike. Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed that it carried out an airstrike on a residential building in Damascus.

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

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.

An Israeli airstrike destroyed a residential building on the outskirts of Damascus on Thursday in the latest Israeli incursion into post-Assad Syria.

Defence Minister Israel Katz confirmed the Israeli Air Force conducted an air strike in Damascus on Thursday, following reports from a war monitor that an Israeli raid had killed one person in Syria's capital.

The Israeli Army has struck a residential building on the outskirts of Syria's Damascus, killing at least one. As per the Israeli Military, this is the same building which acted as a command center of the militant group- Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

Israel on Thursday launched an airstrike on a building in Damascus, according to Syrian state media. It is understood that the attack targeted an area known to house Palestinian leaders, killing at least one person.