Israeli airstrikes hit outskirts of Damascus, Syrian state media reports

Smoke is seen rising from areas near the Syrian capital Damascus as a result of an Israeli missile attack on Nov. 22, 2023. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Israeli airstrikes hit several points near Damascus in Syria, state media reported. 

“Nearly at 1.34 a.m. Saturday, the Israeli enemy carried out a missile aggression from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting some points in the vicinity of Damascus,” an unnamed military official told SANA. 

The strikes resulted in some "material damages," according to the statement. 

Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps later said that two of its officers were killed in Syria, the Times of Israel reported.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based opposition war monitor, said the strikes hit in the area of the south Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab, where it said that “there are military forces working with the Lebanese Hezbollah.” It said ambulances rushed to the scene.

Israel has struck targets in Syria several times since the onset of the Hamas-Israel war on Oct. 7. On Sunday, a reported Israeli airstrike hit the international airport in Damascus and put it out of commission, just hours after the airport resumed flights following a monthlong hiatus after a previous Israeli strike.

Israel is known to have carried out hundreds of strikes in parts of Syria, aiming at Hezbollah and other terrorist groups backed by Iran, but it rarely acknowledges the attacks.