An Israeli airstrike hit Damascus recently, killing at least three Iranian terrorists. Iran has vowed to retaliate. Will we see even more countries and groups join Hamas in threatening Israel?
From The Daily Wire. An alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria on Monday killed a top general in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF), a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO).
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Iran said that Israeli F-35s launched six missiles at a building next to Iran’s embassy in Damascus and killed Mohammed Reza Zahedi, the top commander of the Quds Force in Lebanon and Syria, according to the a report from Jerusalem Post. …
In addition to killing Zahedi, Lister said that at least two other IRGC-QF generals were killed in the strike, including Gen. Hossein Aminullah and Maj. Gen. Haj Rahimi. …
Update: According to Syrian TV, the building targeted by Israel was the Islamic Republic’s consulate in Damascus. IRGC commander General Zahedi, responsible for ensuring the security of the capital against popular uprisings, was killed.
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Joe Truzman, senior research analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) … told The Daily Wire that the airstrike … carried two critical implications.
“Firstly, it serves as a clear message that Israel will not tolerate violent actions against the Jewish state by the IRGC,” Truzman said. “Secondly, the decision to strike the Iranian consulate on Syrian soil demonstrates Israel’s willingness to take risks to defend itself despite the high potential for retaliatory actions by Iran or its proxies in the region.”
Iran claimed the attack was on its embassy and called it “a flagrant violation of international laws, diplomatic norms, and the requirements of the Vienna Convention” and vowed that “this attack will have our fierce response.” …
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(Excerpt from The Daily Wire. Photo Credit: RasikaSekhara/Getty Images via Canva Pro)