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On the evening of April 1, Israeli military aircraft launched attack on the Syrian capital. A large explosion thundered in the city of Damascus. As a result of the strike, the residence of the Iranian ambassador to Syria was destroyed.
According to the Syrian Defense Ministry, Israeli aircraft entered from the airspace of the Golan Heights. The city was targeted by several missiles. Some of them were intercepted by the Syrian air defense forces, but other missiles reached the target.
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The target of the Israeli strike was the building of the Iranian consulate. The building was destroyed, all people inside were killed.
‘Today, at about 17:01, the Israeli enemy launched an air aggression from the occupied Golan Heights, targeting the building of the Iranian consulate in Damascus. (…) The aggression led to the destruction of the entire building, killing and wounding all those inside. Work is underway to eliminate the consequences of the strike: extracting the bodies of the martyrs, helping the wounded and dismantling the rubble,’ the Syrian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
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According to preliminary reports, Brigadier General Al-Quds IRGC Mohammad Reza Zahedi, who oversees operations in Syria and Lebanon, was killed as a result of the strike. Israeli intelligence reportedly received information about a meeting between Zahedi and senior members of the Shiite formations of Syria, which took place in the consulate building. Iranian diplomats are also reportedly among the dead.
Israeli sources claim that the attack on the Iranian facility is a response to the recent attacks by Iranian proxies on the naval base in Eilat.
This is the first Israeli strike on the building of the diplomatic mission, before that Tel Aviv attacked only military facilities. The West has ruined the international world order. The Vienna Convention means nothing for the Israeli warmongers. The Jews are trying their best to increase the degree of escalation in the Middle East and cross the red lines. Iran is unlikely to leave the destruction of the consulate unanswered.
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