4 killed in Israeli strike on Damascus

A war monitor said an Israeli strike on an apartment killed four people in the upscale Mazzeh district of Damascus Thursday, also reporting a similar attack on the capital's outskirts.

"Four people were killed in the Israeli strike on on apartment in Mazzeh, Damascus, with another Israeli strike hitting Qudsaya," Rami Abdel Rahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human rights, told AFP. Syrian state media said an unspecified number of victims were killed in the strikes on the apartments.

The official SANA news agency reported "initial information about an Israeli aggression targeting the Mazzeh area in Damascus," and published video footage of smoke covering a street.

The Mazzeh district of Damascus, is home to embassies, security headquarters and United Nations offices. It was targeted in other recent strikes blamed on Israel.