A top military commander has renewed Iran’s promise to retaliate after an airstrike earlier this week widely blamed on Israel. The attack destroyed Iran’s consulate in Syria, killing 12 people, including two elite Iranian generals. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, Iran’s joint chief of staff, told mourners gathered Saturday for the funeral of Gen.
In this photo released by the official Syrian state news agency SANA, emergency service workers clear the rubble at a destroyed building struck by Israel i jets in Damascus, Syria, Monday, April 1, 2024. An Israel i airstrike has destroyed the consular section of Iran ’s embassy in Syria, killing a senior Iran ian military adviser and roughly a handful of other people, Syrian state media said Monday. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, Iran ’s joint chief of staff, told mourners gathered for the funeral of Gen.
“The time, type, plan of the operation will be decided by us, in a way that makes Israel regret what it did,” he said. “This will definitely be done.” The attack on an Iranian diplomatic compound was a significant escalation in a long-running shadow war between the two archenemies, and Israel has been bracing for an Iranian response.
In all, 12 people were killed in the strike: Seven Iranian Revolutionary Guard members, four Syrians and a Hezbollah militia member.18 gunmen and 10 security force members die in clashes in Iran’s southeast, state media reportsin Gaza, and raised renewed fears of a broader regional conflict. The Islamic militant group Hamas, which has ruled Gaza for 17 years, is one of Iran’s proxies, along with Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia and Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
Both Hezbollah and the Houthis have carried out attacks along the fringes of the Gaza war, with Hezbollah engaging in
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