An officer of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard died today and four other people were injured as a result of an Israeli bombing in a town near Damascusthe Syrian capital, various sources reported this Monday.
He Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an NGO based in United Kingdom and a broad network of collaborators on the ground, stated in a statement that “Israeli attacks targeted a high-ranking figure, with no confirmed information yet on his fate”and added that four other individuals were injured in the incident.
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The official Iranian news agency More confirmed that the deceased is Seyyed Razi Mousavi, “a prominent military advisor to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Syria”who died in an airstrike attributed to Israel in the area of Sayyida Zeinabin the rural governorate of Damascus.
According to him Observatory, “Israeli missiles hit two Lebanese militia sites Hezbollah (backed by Iran) close to the electronic warfare department of the Syrian regime.”
In fact, the bombings Israeli attacks are usually directed against areas where the Lebanese Shiite group is present Hezbollah an ally of the Syrian Government and which since last October 8 has been engaged in intense crossed attacks with Israel from the south of the Lebanon.
However, Israel previously used to attack targets in the Arab nation, often belonging to Iranian or Lebanese militias allied with Israel. Damascus that he considers a threat to his security.
From the beginning of 2023, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has counted 70 Israeli attacks against 138 targets in Syrian territory, such as ammunition depots, headquarters, centers and vehicles, which caused the death of 116 militaryin addition to injuring 130 others.
