There were no immediate reports of casualties in the air strike, which Syria said hit a civilian area in the Sayeda Zeinab region south of the capital.

Syria’s Foreign Ministry calls for ‘urgent action’ from the UN to stop ‘Israeli aggression’ against civilians.

The Israeli army claimed responsibility for airstrikes Monday targeting several locations south of the Syrian capital Damascus, saying it struck sites linked to the intelligence unit of the Lebanese Hezbollah group. Israel normally refrains from publicly acknowledging attacks on Syrian territory.

The Israeli Air Force claimed that it eliminated the intelligence chief of Hezbollah for Syria in Damascus, in a strike on key infrastructure

At least two people were killed, five were injured and damage was caused in an Israeli strike on an area south of Damascus late on Monday, according to the Syrian Foreign Ministry. Two members of the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah militia were killed and five were seriously injured in Israeli strikes on a farm in the Sayyida Zeinab area in the Damascus countryside,

Syrian and foreign intelligence sources say Israeli attacks in Syria have killed numerous Hezbollah and pro-Iranian militia fighters based around the eastern outskirts of Damascus