Israel would have launched attacks on the municipality of Mezzehin the area of Damascusin Syria, hitting a building that appears to belong to theembassy of Iran. The Iranian website NHS claims that the warplanes of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) targeted a building located between the Tehran consulate and the residence of the ambassador of the same country. Some photos circulating in the media show the site targeted by the Tel Aviv air force. The Syrian state agency Healthymeanwhile, claims that the air defense systems responded to the enemy attack.
Iran’s official response did not take long to arrive. The Iranian ambassador to Syria, Hossein Akbariassured that Tehran will respond “hard” to Israel. “The Zionist regime (Israel) is acting against international law, so it will receive a harsh response from us“Akbari told Iranian state television, reporting from Damascus. The diplomat witnessed the attack on the consulate from the window of the Iranian embassy, which he said was carried out by fighter jets. F-35.
What happened in Syria
The situation is still turbulent and the news is fragmented. The Iranian media Students news Network confirmed on X that thebuilding hit during an alleged Israeli bombing it would belong to the Tehran embassy in Syria. “The building belonged to the embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran and had a flag“, the post reads. The targeted building was literally located halfway between the Iranian and Canadian representations.
The Times of Israel states that, at the moment, there is no news on possible victims of the raid, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights speaks of a provisional toll of at least six deaths. Even the Iranian news agency Tasnim speaks of six deaths, specifying however that the exact number of victims has not yet been officially confirmed. Other Iranian media claims that the affected building housed the Iranian consulate and the ambassador’s residence.
Among these there would be a relevant name. The journalist Ali Hashem of Al Jazeera wrote, again on X, that inside the affected structure there was a commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) of the highest degree in Syria and Lebanon. It would be about Mohammad Reza Zahedi, in charge of supervising the operations of the Quds Force in the Levant, is killed during the blitz. Zahedi was a former commander of the IRGC’s air and ground forces.
High tension between Israel and Iran
An Israeli military spokesperson interviewed by Reuters regarding the events in Damascus he responded emblematically: “We do not comment on foreign media reports“. Syrian state television confirmed that the attack targeted a building of the Tehran consulate. Previously, as mentioned, Iranian media had reported that a building near the embassy had been hit, and the Iranian news agency Iranian student reported that the targets were the consulate and the ambassador’s residence.
Since the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, Tel Aviv has intensified airstrikes in Syria against Lebanese militia Hezbollah Iranian-backed and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), both of which support the president’s government Bashar al-Assad.
In the last few hours, other Israeli air strikes had been recorded on sites near Damascus. The Syrian Ministry of Defense explained: “The Israeli enemy launched airstrikes from the occupied Syrian Golan against sites near Damascus, wounding two civilians“. Previously, Syrian state media reported that air defense systems had intercepted enemy targets in the Damascus region.
On Friday, however, 38 Syrian soldiers, seven members of Hezbollah and seven Syrian members of pro-Iranian groups were killed in attacks blamed on Israel Aleppoin northern Syria.
