A missile attack that launched today the Israel in the Syrian capital Damascus resulted in the killing of four members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guardsamong them the head of the elite corps’ intelligence unit, a security source in the regional pro-Syria alliance told Reuters.

In Tehran, the Revolutionary Guards named four military advisers killed in the Israeli raid, but did not give their rank and said more details would be released later. Iran’s state television reported that the building targeted was the residence of Iranian advisers in the Syrian capital.

At the moment Israel has not commented on this.

Syrian state media reported an Israeli “air strike” against a building in the district Mazeh of Damascus and reported that the Syrian air defense shot down a number of missiles.

The security source, who belongs to the network of organizations close to the Syrian government and its biggest ally Iran, said the high-rise building was used by Iranian advisers who support the government of President Bashar al-Assad and that it was leveled by “high-precision Israeli missiles.” ».

According to this source, there was also a fifth dead, however he cannot confirm his nationality at this time.

THE Essam al Aminhead of the hospital Al-Mowasat in Damascus, told Reuters that his hospital received one dead and three wounded, including a woman, after today’s attack.

A Reuters eyewitness in Mazeh saw ambulances and fire engines gathered around the impact site, which had been cordoned off. Rescue operations for those trapped under the rubble continued throughout the day.

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad condemned today’s air strike, but told Reuters that none of its members were injured, denying reports that some of its members were in the building that was bombed.

Iran and its military allies in Syria have established a presence in areas in eastern, southern and northern Syria and in various suburbs of the capital, both to support Assad against his domestic rivals and to strike back at the biggest enemy, Israel.

In Lebanon, an Israeli airstrike today in the south of the country killed two Hamas members as they were traveling by road, three security sources told Reuters.