Israeli attack: Senior Iranian officer killed in airstrike in Damascus

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According to Iranian sources, several members of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) have been killed in an airstrike in the Syrian capital Damascus. The state broadcaster reported this on Saturday. The channel’s Arabic department reported that two senior advisers were among the dead. They include the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Syria intelligence service and his deputy. State television blamed Israel for the attack.

According to information from the Iranian news agency, the Iranians were intelligence officers of the IRGC. A responsible person, his deputy and two other men are said to have been killed in the attack.

Israel has kept quiet until now

The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least five people were killed in the suspected Israeli attack. The four-story building that was attacked was completely destroyed. According to the activists, a meeting of officials loyal to Iran took place there. The Israeli military initially made no comment.

Syria’s state news agency Sana said the attack was “the result of Israeli aggression.” Photos on social media showed a destroyed house on the side of the road.

One of Syria’s most important allies

The Israeli Air Force repeatedly bombs targets in neighboring Syria. Israel wants to prevent its arch-enemy Iran and its allied militias from expanding their military influence in the country. Iran is one of Syria’s most important allies. The number of Israeli attacks has increased since the start of the Gaza war in early October.

Since the outbreak of the Gaza war following the Hamas Islamist massacre in Israel on October 7, which left 1,200 dead, the situation in the region has been extremely tense. A few days ago, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards fired missiles from their own territory into Iraq, Syria and Pakistan for the first time since the start of the war in retaliation for terrorist attacks and the assassination of a general in Syria.

Dangerous shadow conflict

In late December, Iranian General Sejed-Rasi Mousavi, a senior member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed in a suspected Israeli airstrike in a suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus.

Experts and observers believe that the world is currently facing a dangerous shadow conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran. Shortly after the terrorist attack on Israel by the Islamist Hamas on October 7, the country’s leadership praised the attack as an act of defiance, but vehemently rejected any direct involvement. (SDA)

Source: Blick