Israel's military carried out an airstrike Thursday on a residential building on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus that it said was a command center of the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

An Israeli airstrike targeted a building in an upscale neighborhood, destroying an apartment that neighbors said had been vacant for years.

Israel’s Defense Minister issued a warning, stating that Syria’s new president would face continued airstrikes if terrorist activities against Israel were organized from within the country. A member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad who was at the site claimed that the targeted building was the residence of the group’s leader,