IAF STRIKES PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD IN DAMASCUS

Israel strikes in Damascus: 'Julani will find fighter jets circling above him'

Israeli fighter jets bombed a building in an upscale residential neighborhood of Damascus, a headquarters belonging to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization. Defense Minister Israel Katz stated, "We will not allow Syria to become a threat to the State of Israel."

 

By Shachar Kleiman  

 

Israel Hayom

Mar 13, 2025 

 

  

Ghassan Mamouli, a representative from the Damascus government, inspects the damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike on Thursday. 

 

 

Arab media outlets reported on Thursday that an airstrike attributed to Israel targeted the "Damar Project" area near Damascus, Syria. The area is a luxury residential district in the northwestern part of the Damascus metropolitan area. The building that was hit caught fire, but as of now, no casualties have been reported.

 

Shortly after the reports emerged, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed the IDF Air Force strike. "There will be no immunity for Islamic terrorism against Israel, not in Damascus and not anywhere else. Wherever terrorist activity is organized against Israel, the leader of radical Islam, Julani, will find Israeli fighter jets circling above him and striking terror targets. We will not allow Syria to become a threat to the State of Israel," Katz said.

 

 

  

The apartment building was in an upscale neighborhood with well-kept buildings and large gardens in north Damascus. 

 

According to reports, the target was likely a headquarters of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization. A Syrian security source told Al-Hadath that the strike was aimed at a Palestinian figure.