An Israeli airstrike targeted a residential building in the Mezzah suburb west of the Syrian capital Damascus, killing seven civilians and injuring 11 others, Syrian state media reported on Tuesday.

The strike comes as Israel expands its air and ground offensive in Lebanon, while signaling that it plans to involve its navy in the invasion.

The Syrian government said seven civilians were killed in an Israeli air strike in Damascus Tuesday, that a war monitor said targeted a building used by Iran's Revolutionary Guards and Lebanon's Hezbollah.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says nine civilians were killed alongside two Hezbollah members in the attack.

Gaza A member of Syria's security forces was killed and another wounded in an Israeli attack on the southern city of Quneitra on Wednesday, a day after a strike on Damascus killed ten people. The area is in the Golan Heights,

An Israeli airstrike in a Damascus suburb killed seven civilians, including women and children. The attack is part of ongoing Israeli strikes on Iran-linked targets in Syria.