BEIRUT: Lebanon‘s Iran-backed Hezbollah group warned Tuesday that Israel can pay for killing high-level Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) in a strike on the nation’s consulate in Damascus, Syria, the day earlier than.
Hezbollah has exchanged near-daily cross-border fireplace with Israel in assist of its ally Hamas because the Gaza warfare erupted in October.
“Definitely, this crime won’t move with out the enemy receiving punishment and revenge,” Hezbollah stated in an announcement.
The Israeli strike killed seven IRGC members together with Brigadier Common Mohammad Reza Zahedi and one other high-ranking officer, Brigadier Common Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi, the IRGC stated.
Britain-based warfare monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stated 11 individuals had been killed within the strikes, together with eight Iranians, two Syrians and one Lebanese, all of them fighters.
Hezbollah stated Zahedi was “one of many first to assist, sacrifice, and persevere for a few years to develop and advance the work of the resistance (Hezbollah) in Lebanon”.
The Observatory stated Zahedi served because the chief of Iran’s elite Quds Pressure for Palestine, Syria and Lebanon, including that he was killed alongside along with his deputy, his aide, and the Quds drive chief of workers for a similar three international locations.
Israel stated it will not touch upon the reported assault, however Iranian officers vowed a stiff response with fears of even additional violence between Israel and Iran’s allies triggered by the Gaza warfare.
Hezbollah has exchanged near-daily cross-border fireplace with Israel in assist of its ally Hamas because the Gaza warfare erupted in October.
“Definitely, this crime won’t move with out the enemy receiving punishment and revenge,” Hezbollah stated in an announcement.
The Israeli strike killed seven IRGC members together with Brigadier Common Mohammad Reza Zahedi and one other high-ranking officer, Brigadier Common Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi, the IRGC stated.
Britain-based warfare monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stated 11 individuals had been killed within the strikes, together with eight Iranians, two Syrians and one Lebanese, all of them fighters.
Hezbollah stated Zahedi was “one of many first to assist, sacrifice, and persevere for a few years to develop and advance the work of the resistance (Hezbollah) in Lebanon”.
The Observatory stated Zahedi served because the chief of Iran’s elite Quds Pressure for Palestine, Syria and Lebanon, including that he was killed alongside along with his deputy, his aide, and the Quds drive chief of workers for a similar three international locations.
Israel stated it will not touch upon the reported assault, however Iranian officers vowed a stiff response with fears of even additional violence between Israel and Iran’s allies triggered by the Gaza warfare.
