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Thursday, March 13, 2025
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Thursday, March 13, 2025
Israel hit home of Islamic Jihad leader Nakhaleh, terror operative says
A Palestinian Islamic Jihad member at the scene of an Israeli airstrike in Syria tells The Associated Press that the attack on the outskirts of Damascus targeted the home of the group’s leader Ziad Nakhaleh.
Ismail Sindak says the apartment has been empty for years, adding that Nakhaleh is not in Syria. Asked whether anyone was killed in the strike, Sindak says “the house was empty.”
It is not immediately clear where Nakhaleh is but he is believed to spend his time between Lebanon, Iran and Syria.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor, says the targeted building is located in the suburb of Dummar, northwest of the capital, and was inhabited by Palestinians. It says one person was killed.
