Israel carried out an airstrike on the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday, targeting what the military said was a command centre belonging to Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad.

Israel claimed on Thursday that its warplanes struck a building of the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad in the Syrian capital Damascus. A military statement said the strike was based on intelligence, calling the targeted building a “command center” for the group.

In a nine-minute video released by the Israeli military which captured the purported airstrike, it showed an explosion at the edge of a building followed by thick plumes of smoke.