Nasrallah’s Son-in-Law Killed in Israeli Airstrike in Damascus

A residential area in Damascus bombed by Israel, Oct. 2, 2024. X/ @Jinan_Syria

October 3, 2024 Hour: 6:04 am

Before daybreak Thursday, Israel also targeted the coastal Syrian city of Jableh.

On Wednesday, two Lebanese nationals, including Hassan Jafar Qasir, the son-in-law of late Hezbollah leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a residence in the Mazzeh Western Villas neighborhood of Damascus.

The Israeli strike, which hit the first floor of a three-story building frequented by Hezbollah and Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps leaders, left three people dead, including two non-Syrians, and injured at least four others whose identities remain unknown, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

For its part, the Syrian Defense Ministry said three civilians were killed and three others injured in the strike. The ministry said the attack was launched from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Israel killed Nasrallah in a powerful airstrike in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Sept. 27.

Wednesday’s attack marks the second Israeli airstrike in the area this week. On Tuesday morning, Israel targeted a site approximately 500 meters from Wednesday’s strike, killing three people, including a journalist, and injuring nine others.

Hassan Jaafar al-Qasir, le gendre de l'ancien chef du Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah, s'est fait tuer lors des frappes israéliennes contre un quartier général de Damas à Beyrouth hier soir.

Voici des photos de Hassan Jaafar al-Qasir et des membres de sa famille décédés. pic.twitter.com/0glyylKM9K
— Atum Mundi 🌐 (@atummundi) October 3, 2024

The text reads, “Hassan Jaafar al-Qasir, son-in-law of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, was killed last night in Israeli strikes on a Damascus headquarters in Beirut. Here are photographs of Hassan Jaafar al-Qasir and his deceased relatives.”

Before daybreak Thursday, an Israeli drone attack targeted and destroyed a weapons depot in the coastal Syrian city of Jableh, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. The attack carried out via drones and warplane missiles leveled the depot and caused massive explosions heard from long distances.

The Syrian air defenses and Russian forces responded to the attack within 40 to 50 minutes. The depot is situated near the Hmeimim Air Base, the largest Russian air base in Syria, located in the northwestern province of Latakia. No immediate reports of casualties have been reported.

While there is no official confirmation, the pro-government Sham FM radio said the sounds heard in the skies over Jableh were the air defenses intercepting targets off the coast. It added that firefighting teams headed to a site in the vicinity of Jableh after columns of fire were seen rising from it, but no information was provided about its nature. This latest attack follows a series of Israeli airstrikes in Syria this week.