BAKU: Brigadier General Sadegh Omidzadeh, the deputy commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’s (IRGC) Quds Force, was reported killed as a result of an Israeli attack on Syria’s capital, Damascus, Trend reports. According to Trend, the information was confirmed by a source from the pro-IRGC social network.
The Israeli attack, reportedly carried out by fighter jets on the morning of January 20, resulted in the death of several IRGC members, including General Omidzadeh.
An Israeli airstrike on Damascus destroyed a building Saturday, official media outlets reported without giving details on casualties.
State-TV stated that the “Israeli aggression” targeted a residential compound in the western Damascus neighborhood of Mazzeh. The neighborhood is home to various diplomatic missions, including the Iranian and Lebanese embassies.
Reuters reported that the Israeli attack on Saturday had killed a member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and injured others. According to Reuters, the multi-story building was used by Iranians, and it was completely flattened.
Israel Attack Hits Residential Building in Syria: State Media
Similarly, AFP reported that at least five were killed in the attack. Other local media in Syria stated explosions were heard across Damascus. The attack comes amid widening tensions in the region and the Israeli attacks on Gaza that have killed thousands.
Arab media reported that a strong explosion sounded in Damascus, and smoke rose from the area.
Last month, an Israeli attack on a suburb of Damascus killed Iranian general Seyed Razi Mousavi, a longtime adviser of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in the country.
Israel has conducted hundreds of attacks on targets inside government-controlled parts of war-torn Syria in the last several years.
Israel rarely admits its actions in Syria, but it has said that it targets bases of Iran-backed militant groups, such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah.
Over the past several weeks, rockets have also been fired from Syria into northern Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, further adding to tensions along the Lebanon-Israel border and assaults on ships in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi group.
