At least five people were killed and 15 others injured in an Israeli airstrike last night which targeted a residential neighborhood in the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria’s state news agency SANA reported.

SANA, citing a military source, said four civilians and one soldier were killed, and another 15 civilians were wounded in the strike on the Kafar Sousah neighborhood in the Syrian capital. It said several of those wounded were listed in critical condition.

The airstrike also inflicted heavy damage to a number of residential buildings in Kafar Sousah, SANA said.

Israeli fighter jets also attacked targets near the Damascus International Airport, as well as in Sitt Zaynab and al-Kiswah, a town and a city just south of the capital, according to Syrian news report.

Source: Palestine News & Info Agency