Syria’s Ministry of Defense introduced that round 5pm (14:00 Japan time) on Monday, Israel attacked its consulate within the capital’s upscale Mazzeh district, which can be house to different diplomatic missions and the United Nations workplace.
Akbari advised Iranian state tv that the assault was “carried out by F-35 fighter jets” that fired six missiles on the constructing.
Israel has carried out a whole lot of assaults on Iranian and pro-Iranian targets in Syria for the reason that nation’s civil warfare started 13 years in the past.
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Targets additionally embrace fighters from Lebanon’s Iranian-backed Hezbollah motion.
Israel has stepped up its assaults for the reason that warfare in Gaza started, however Monday’s assault was the primary towards an Iranian diplomatic mission in Syria.
Israel hardly ever feedback on particular person assaults and has not claimed accountability for Monday’s assault.
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Iranian state media mentioned the airstrike killed 13 individuals, together with seven Revolutionary Guards and 6 Syrians.
The Guards mentioned the lifeless included two prime commanders, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi and Brigadier General Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Zahedi served as chief of the Quds Force, the SS’s exterior operations arm, in Palestine, Syria and Lebanon.
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Britain-based displays mentioned he was killed alongside together with his deputy, chief of employees and 11 others, giving a barely larger demise toll than Iranian state media.
Emergency staff additionally recovered the physique of a lady in her 50s, a Syrian civil protection official advised AFP.
Since the Oct. 7 assault on Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas that sparked the warfare, pro-Iranian teams from Lebanon to Iraq to Yemen have carried out assaults on Israeli targets and U.S. forces.
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Israel and Hezbollah have engaged in near-daily cross-border firefights, with Shiite Islamic actions and different pro-Iranian teams claiming their assaults are in assist of ally Hamas and Palestinians within the Gaza Strip. are doing.
Israel has stepped up assassinations of Iranian and pro-Iranian commanders in Lebanon and Syria, and observers concern the transfer may spiral.
In December, an Israeli assault on Syria killed Razi Mousavi, essentially the most senior Quds Force commander killed outdoors Iran in almost 4 years.
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Iran, one among Syria’s fundamental allies, says it’s serving to it regain territory misplaced early within the battle and solely sends navy advisers at Damascus’s invitation.
According to a US official quoted by US media Axios, the US authorities advised Iran it was not concerned within the assault on the consulate.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned that “Israel might be punished” for the assault, and President Ebrahim Raisi mentioned the assault “won’t go unanswered.”
Iran’s allies within the area and past provided help.
China condemned the assault, and Russia accused Israel of an “unacceptable assault.”
Iraq’s Foreign Ministry condemned the assault as a “clear violation of worldwide legislation” and warned of “additional chaos and destabilization” within the area.
Hezbollah warned that Israel would pay for the killings and mentioned: “This invoice won’t cross with out punishment and retaliation for our enemies.”
Hamas described this as a “harmful escalation”.
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