Two people were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeted a Palestinian resistance leader in the Syrian capital Damascus early Tuesday, according to the official SANA news agency.
SANA said an Israeli warplane fired three missiles into a building in the Mazzeh neighborhood.
While one missile was intercepted, the other two struck the building, killing two people and injuring ten others.
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Akram al-Ajouri, a commander of Palestinian group Islamic Jihad, survived the assassination while his son, along with another civilian, were killed, SANA said.
Al-Ajour's daughter and nine civilians were also injured in the attack
The Islamic Jihad movement, for its part, confirmed the assassination attempt against al-Ajouri.
In a statement, it said while al-Ajouri survived the assassination, his son was killed, without giving further details.
The Israeli military has yet to comment on the attack.
This article has been adapted from its original source.
