An Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jet. © Amir Cohen / Reuters
Two officers of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were killed in Israel’s last attack on Syria, the Iranian force announced on March 8, vowing revenge.
“Guard colonels Ehsan Karbalaipour and Morteza Saidnejad were martyred — a crime committed by the Zionist regime during a rocket attack in the suburbs of Damascus, Syria,” said a statement issued on Sepah News, the IRGC’s website.
The attack, which took place early on March 7, targeted two positions in Damascus’ northeastern suburbs. One of the positions was allegedly a marble factory.
According to reports two #IRGC members were killed in the airstirke in #Damascus, #Syria during the early hours of the 7th March 2022. Their funerals will take place tomorrow in #Tehran, #Iran https://t.co/H4k9YaSvRc pic.twitter.com/SqviBVv8iz
— Aurora Intel (@AuroraIntel) March 8, 2022
At a press briefing, Oleg Zhuravlev, deputy chief of the Russian Reconciliation Center in Syria, said that the attack was carried out by fighter aircraft of the Israeli Air Force.
“Four F-16 tactical fighter aircraft of the Israeli Air Force delivered an airstrike upon Syrian territory with eight cruise missiles from Lebanon’s airspace at 6:05 AM on March 7,” Zhuravlyov said. “Syrian air defense forces on duty successfully destroyed seven missiles.”
The Iranian officers were not the only victims of the Israeli attack. Two soldiers of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), Khaled Ghazi Ghazieh and Ali Muhammad al-Nassar, were also killed.
Syria: firstly described as civilians, turns out the 2 killed by Israeli airstrikes this morning on Damascus province were 2nd Lieutenants. Both were from Sanamayn in N. Daraa. Factory in Al-Assad suburb destroyed👇 pic.twitter.com/aSweBFGUaQ
— QalaatM (@QalaatM) March 7, 2022
This was Israel’s first attack on Syria this March. The most recent attack, which took place on February 24, also targeted the outskirts of Damascus. Back then, three service members of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Directorate were killed.
The March 7 attack will likely lead to a dangerous military escalation. The IRGC has already vowed that Israel “will pay” for killing its two officers.
In the past, the Iranian force responded to Israeli attacks on its service members in Syria by launching attacks on the Israeli occupied Syrian Golan Heights or US bases in Syria. Tel Aviv, who will not tolerate any Iranian response, will likely hold the SAA responsible from any attack from Syria’s territory.
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You guys already posted this lol. I hope Iran gets its revenge soon
Nothing gets in the way of the isreali apartheid regime, it seems. Not even innocent civilians and their property. Regimes, such as the isreali regime, do not tend to last too long as they always run out of friends. So there is some hope.
Hmmmm. Well, while everyone is watching Ukraine right now, I guess they think no one will notice their continued bombing. Time for Hezbollah and/or Iran to return the favor while no one is watching.