Syria's defense ministry said two civilians were killed in an Israeli strike that targeted a vehicle earlier on Monday.
"At approximately 17:05 pm (1417 GMT), the Israeli enemy launched an air strike targeting a civilian car in the residential neighbourhood of Mazzeh in Damascus, killing two civilians and injuring three," the ministry said in a statement.
Ambulances rushed to the site of the explosion where crowds gathered around the mangled four-wheel drive vehicle which was reduced to scraps of metal, according to a correspondent.
The Mazzeh neighbourhood, home to United Nations offices, has been the target of recent strikes blamed on Israel.
Earlier this month, the Syrian government said seven civilians were killed in an Israeli air strike on a residential and commercial building in Mazzeh.
The Observatory gave a higher toll of nine killed, five of them civilians including a child. It said the attack targeted a building used by Iran's Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah.
Israeli authorities rarely comment on individual strikes in Syria but have repeatedly said they will not allow arch-enemy Iran to expand its presence.
With AFP
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