Syria, a major supporter of Hamas, has accused Israel of killing one of the Revolutionary Guard generals in a strike near Damascus. For its part, the Israeli army indicated that it “does not comment on information from foreign media”.
A general of the Revolutionary Guards, Iran’s ideological army, was killed in Syria in a strike blamed on Israel carried out near Damascus, the official Iranian agency Irna reported on Monday. The general, one of the most experienced advisers of the Guards in Syria, Razi Moussavi was killed “during an “attack by the Zionist regime carried out a few hours ago” against the neighborhood of Sayyida Zeinab, south of Damascus. indicated Irna. The Islamic Republic is one of the main international supporters of Hamas, whose attack on October 7 left around 1,140 dead, mostly civilians, in Israel, according to an AFP count based on the latest figures. Israeli officials available.
The Israeli army declined to comment.
In a press release, the Guards presented “Brigadier General Moussavi” as “the logistical manager of the axis of resistance” in Syria. The IRNA agency added that the man was a “companion” of General Qassem Soleimani, head of the Quds Force, the elite unit of the Revolutionary Guards, and key figure of the Islamic Republic in the Middle East. , killed in an American raid in Iraq in early 2020. Israel rarely comments on its operations in Syria, but says it wants to prevent Iran, its sworn enemy, from establishing itself on its doorstep.
Asked Monday about Mousavi’s death, the Israeli army said it “does not comment on information from foreign media.” In early December, Iran announced the death of two Guards officers in Israeli airstrikes on Lebanese Hezbollah sites supported by Tehran. Allied with other pro-Iranian groups, the latter has launched rockets daily towards northern Israel since October 7.