{"id":178096,"date":"2019-11-12T14:28:40","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T12:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/?p=178096"},"modified":"2020-01-07T10:59:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T08:59:55","slug":"2-martyred-6-injured-due-to-hostile-attack-with-several-missiles-on-residential-building-in-mezza-area-damascus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?p=178096","title":{"rendered":"2 martyred, 10 injured in hostile missile attack on residential building in Damascus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Damascus, SANA _ Two civilians were martyred and ten others were injured on Tuesday due to hostile missile attack on residential building in Mezza area in Damascus.<\/p>\n

A military source said that at 04:14 of Tuesday dawn, November 12, 2019, Israeli warplanes flying over the occupied Galilee fired three missiles towards Damascus city .<\/p>\n

The Syrian air defense systems, according to the source, immediately dealt with the attack and destroyed one of the hostile missiles before reaching its target.<\/p>\n

The source added that the other two missiles hit the house of the Palestinian Jihad Leader Akram al-Ajouri in the western Mezza neighborhood, claiming the life of his son Moaz. Al-Ajouri’s daughter Batoul was also injured.<\/p>\n

Civilian Abdullah Yousef Hassan was martyred in the attack and 9 others were injured also, the source said.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Interior Minister, Maj. Gen. Mohammad Khalid Al-Rahmoun, during his visit to the targeted site, said that the residential building was targeted by several missiles, claiming the lives of a number of civilians and wounding others.<\/p>\n

SANA reporter said that the building was badly damaged and the windows of nearby buildings and a number of cars were shattered.<\/p>\n

The reporter mentioned that the Syrian Arab Army at dawn on Tuesday intercepted a hostile target over Darayya in Damascus.<\/p>\n