Israeli strikes | Member of Syrian Hezbollah and woman among three persons killed in Sayeda Zeinab area
Rif Dimashq province: SOHR sources have reported that yesterday’s Israeli strikes destroyed one of the headquarters of “Jehad Al-Benaa” institution which is affiliated to the Lebanese Hezbollah and Iranian-backed militias in Sayeda Zeinab area in Rif Dimashq province.
The strikes also killed three persons and injured 11 others; the fatalities are as follows:
- An elderly Syrian woman from Nebl city in the northern countryside of Aleppo.
- A non-Syrian member working for Iranian-backed militias.
- A Syrian member working for the Syrian Hezbollah.
It is worth noting that regime air-defences fired missiles, attempting to intercept the Israeli strikes, but the Israeli missiles managed to reach their targets.
Moreover, several civilians sustained various injuries by shrapnel of missiles fired by regime air-defences, while plumes of smoke were seen in the targeted sites.
It is worth noting that the targeted institution is located nearly 700 metres away from Sayeda Zeinab shrine, where this region is considered a major stronghold of the Lebanese Hezbollah.
SOHR documented 48 attacks in 2024: 35 airstrikes and 13 rocket attacks by ground forces, during which Israel targeted several positions in Syria, destroying nearly 97 targets, including buildings, weapons and ammunitions warehouses, headquarters, centres and vehicles. These strikes killed 174 combatants and injured 80 others. The fatalities are distributed as follows:
- 23 Iranian members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.
- 40 members of the Lebanese Hezbollah.
- 15 Iraqi persons.
- 44 Iranian-backed Syrian militiamen.
- 11 Iranian-backed non-Syrian militiamen.
- 41 regime soldiers.
In addition, those attacks left 14 civilian, including a little girl and three women, dead and nearly 32 other civilians injured.
The attacks are distributed regionally as follows:
- Damascus and Rif Dimashq: 19 attacks.
- Daraa: 14 attacks.
- Homs: Seven attacks.
- Al-Quneitra: Five attacks.
- Tartus: Two attack.
- Deir Ezzor: One attack.
- Aleppo: Two attacks.
SOHR would like to point out that Israel sometimes targeted more than one province in a single attack.