Reports of Israeli Attack on Ziad Nakhalah's Residence

Amid conflicting reports regarding potential casualties from the Israeli airstrike in Damascus, the Associated Press quoted a member of the "Islamic Jihad" group stating that the target of the attack was the home of Ziad Nakhalah, the leader of this terrorist group. The Israeli army announced on Thursday, March 14, that its fighter jets attacked the headquarters of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group in Damascus, the capital of Syria. Ismail Sindak, a member of the Islamic Jihad group, told the Associated Press at the scene that this house has been empty for years and claimed that Ziad Nakhalah does not reside in Syria. This member of the "Islamic Jihad" emphasized in response to a question about casualties from the attack that "this house was empty." Meanwhile, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in the UK, during this "missile attack" by Israel on "a building and a vehicle" in the Dumaar area, located in the northwestern outskirts of Damascus, one Palestinian was killed. According to the Times of Israel, Ziad Nakhalah's current whereabouts are unclear, and it is said that he travels between Lebanon, Iran, and Syria. The Israeli army referred to the target of its air force attack as a center for the "planning and management" of the Islamic Jihad terrorist group for terrorist activities. Israel's Defense Minister, Israel Katz, also referred to Ahmad al-Shara, the acting president of Syria, as a "radical Islamic leader" and warned him that Israel would attack any location that organizes terrorist activities against it. Israel's warning to the Syrian government: "Islamic terrorism" will not be safe.