REUTERS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT OF THIS VIDEO WHICH WAS OBTAINED FROM A SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE<br/> <br />ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION<br/> <br />STORY: Heavy explosions shook the Syrian capital of Damascus on Sunday (May 5). Syrian state television said Israeli rockets had hit a military research centre on the outskirts of the city.<br/> <br />The research centre in Jamraya was the target of an earlier Israeli strike in January.<br/> <br />Video footage uploaded to the internet by activists showed a huge ball of fire rising into the night sky.<br/> <br />Reuters cannot independently verify the content of this vide which has been obtained from a social media website.<br/> <br />The research centre hit on Sunday was also targeted by Israeli in January<br/> <br />The blasts happened a day after an Israeli official said his country had carried out an air strike targeting a consignment of missiles in Syria.
