(The Hill) – A senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed on Monday in an alleged Israeli strike on the Iranian Embassy in Syria’s capital metropolis of Damascus.
Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander of the IRGC’s Quds drive in Syria and Lebanon, was amongst these killed within the strike, based on Reuters and Iranian media.
Iranian media reported Monday that an Israeli missile strike flattened the Iranian consulate in Damascus, killing a handful of individuals.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported seven Iranian officers had been killed along with Zahedi.
Tehran is vowing a harsh army response to the assault, based on Iranian media channels.
An announcement from Iranian Ambassador to Syria Hussein Akbar mentioned the embassy was attacked by F-35 fighter jets and 6 missiles.
Akbar accused Israel of violating worldwide legal guidelines and mentioned they do “all the things opposite to humanity,” based on the assertion shared by a pro-Iranian telegram channel.
The Hill has reached out to the Israeli army for remark. Israel hardly ever acknowledges strikes inside Syria, however has often carried out them for years amid a shadow struggle with Iran.
Syria’s Ministry of Protection additionally reported a strike round 5 p.m. native time in Damascus, which it mentioned utterly destroyed the embassy, Iranian channels reported.
Israel has repeatedly struck senior Iranian officers in Syria because the struggle broke out in Gaza, the place Israeli troops are combating the Iran-backed Palestinian militant group Hamas.
A late December strike killed a high-ranking Iranian officer in Syria and one other in January killed 5 different Iranians within the nation.