An Israeli airstrike on Damascus airport reportedly killed nearly a dozen senior Iranian military officers, which one expert told Fox News Digital would demonstrate Israel’s ability to maintain a multifaceted defense of the region.
“While there is no independent confirmation of the names or ranks of the Guard Corps, the IRGC has long viewed Syria as a critical regional hub for projecting power in the eastern Mediterranean and connecting its constellation of proxies called the ‘ Axis of Resistance’”, Behnam Ben Taleblu. said a senior researcher at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
“No one should be surprised that the elite Guard Corps is operating there, especially in the middle of a regional war, which they are conducting far from their own soil,” he added.
“Likewise, if the attack were independently verified, it would be further proof that Israel is capable of containing and deterring elements of the Axis of Resistance in other geographies while fighting to defeat Hamas in Gaza,” Taleblu emphasized.
Syrian media claimed that Israel had attacked sites in southern Syria and near Damascus in waves aimed at disrupting Iran’s operations in the country.
A Jerusalem Post report claimed that the attack killed 11 leaders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at the airport on Thursday night.
Also reportedly among the targeted IRGC leaders was Nur Rashid, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards in eastern Syria, who suffered only injuries in the attack.
An Israeli airstrike on Damascus airport reportedly killed nearly a dozen senior Iranian military officers. ZUMAPRESS.com
The group had allegedly visited the country to meet with high-ranking Syrian delegates.
Israel reportedly launched attacks on IRGC personnel in Damascus over the past week: Iranian leaders claimed that one such attack on Monday killed top IRGC commander Sayyed Razi Mousavi, who was responsible for coordinating a military alliance between Iran and Syria.
Pro-regime media citing an IRGC official denied that 11 of its senior members had been killed in a report published late Friday in Iran.
Iranian state media interrupted programming to announce Mousavi’s death, describing him as one of the IRGC’s longest-serving advisers in Syria.
While the IDF has not commented on the recent attacks in Syria, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant spoke on Friday during a tour of Ramat David air base and stated that “IAF operations across the board are very impressive. “It is appropriate that the ‘thunder’ of our planes drowns out unnecessary arguments and allows the IDF to carry out its missions quietly and safely.”
Syrian media claimed that Israel had attacked sites in southern Syria and near Damascus in waves aimed at disrupting Iran’s operations in the country. Via REUTERS
Israel has not shied away from Iran’s aggression, which Tehran promotes in the region through its various allied groups, such as Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said this week in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that Israel has even retaliated within Iran for terrorist attacks committed in 2022, and said he told his security chiefs during his administration that Its objective was “to avoid, if reasonably possible, local confrontations” with representatives of Iran.
“As Prime Minister, I made another decision regarding Iran,” Bennett wrote.
“I ordered Israel’s security forces to make Tehran pay for its decision to sponsor terrorism.”
“Enough of impunity,” he stressed.
While the IDF has not commented on the recent attacks in Syria, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant spoke on Friday during a tour of Ramat David air base and stated that “IAF operations across the board are very impressive.” AFP via Getty Images
“After Iran launched two failed UAV attacks against Israel in February 2022, Israel destroyed a UAV base on Iranian soil.”
“In March 2022, Iran’s terrorist unit attempted to kill Israeli tourists in Turkey and failed. Shortly after, the commander of that same unit was killed in central Tehran,” he added.
Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner contributed to this report.
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