Early Sunday morning, Israeli air strikes targeted a residential neighborhood in Damascus, killing at least five people and wounding 15. The rare, targeted strike damaged several buildings in the densely populated district close to Omayyad square, and was the first of its kind since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011. The attack has been widely condemned by the international community, with the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calling for an immediate de-escalation of the situation.