On Tuesday, Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reported that Major General Bagheri sent “a congratulatory message” to the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Hossein Salami, touting Iran’s ability to destroy Israel.
“Before entering the second step of the [Islamic] Revolution, the capacities for the annihilation of the Zionist regime and, by God’s grace, the elimination of the fake, child-murdering and odious regime from the political geography of the region have been prepared,” said Bagheri’s message, quoted by Tasnim.
Bagheri sent the message to commemorate Guardians’ Day, adding, “No power is capable of defeating the dear guardians [IRGC forces].”
“A few weeks ago, the spokesperson for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps warned the Zionist regime that it will definitely get its comeuppance for criminal actions against the Iranian nation,” continued the Tasnim report.
On Tuesday night, Syria blamed Israel for a major airstrike near the Damascus International Airport.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that the attack was aimed at weapons depots belonging to Iran-backed militias.
Israel has struck Iran-linked military targets and terror infrastructure in Syria hundreds of times during the past several years, but rarely comments on the operations.
Iranian entrenchment in Syria and Lebanon remains a red line for Israel, which continues to confront Iranian proxies on its borders, including Hamas, Hezbollah, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Israeli airstrike hits Iran-backed arms depots near Damascus, says war monitor
World Israel News Staff
On Tuesday night, Israel launched an airstrike on two ammunition depots maintained by Iran-backed militias in the suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus.
Air defenses responded to the strikes, state television reported.
State TV said Syrian air defense shot down some of the Israeli missiles before they hit their targets. It gave no further details or say which suburbs came under attack.
They were the first attacks since Feb. 28, when Israeli missiles struck southern suburbs of Damascus.
Israel has launched hundreds of strikes against Iran-linked military targets in Syria over the years but rarely acknowledges or discusses such operations.
Iranian entrenchment on Israel’s northern border remains a red line for the Jewish State, and it has repeatedly struck Iran-linked facilities and weapons convoys destined for Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group.
Syria’s SANA News said that the strike originated in the Golan Heights, with a Syrian military source reporting that damage was restricted to property and there were no casualties.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that the attack was aimed at weapons depots belonging to Iran-backed militias.
According to the SOHR, the warehouses hit in the Tuesday night strike are a few kilometers from Damascus International Airport.
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