Israeli Airstrike Eliminates Nearly A Dozen Senior Iranian Military Officials At Damascus Airport

This incident, according to an expert, could demonstrate Israel's capacity to uphold a multi-dimensional defense of the region.

Behnam Ben Taleblu, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, stated, "While there is no independent confirmation of Guard Corps names or ranks, the IRGC has long seen Syria as a critical regional hub to project power into the Eastern Mediterranean and connect its constellation of proxies called the ‘Axis of Resistance.’" He further added, "It should come as a shock to no one that Guard Corps elite are operating there, especially amid a regional war, which they are directing far away from their own soil."

Taleblu emphasized that if the strike is independently verified, it would serve as further evidence of Israel's ability to restrain and deter elements of the Axis of Resistance in other geographies while combating to defeat Hamas in Gaza.

Syrian media has reported that Israel targeted locations in southern Syria and near Damascus in a series of strikes aimed at disrupting Iran’s operations in the country. According to a report by The Jerusalem Post, the strike, which took place on Thursday night, claimed the lives of 11 leaders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at the airport.

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The targeted IRGC leadership reportedly included Nur Rashid, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards in eastern Syria, who only sustained injuries from the attack. The group was allegedly in the country to meet with high-ranking Syrian delegates.

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Over the past week, Israel has reportedly launched strikes against IRGC personnel in Damascus. Iranian leaders claimed that a strike on Monday resulted in the death of senior IRGC commander Sayyed Razi Mousavi, who was responsible for coordinating a military alliance between Iran and Syria.

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Iranian state media interrupted its programming to announce Mousavi’s death, describing him as one of the oldest advisers for the IRGC in Syria.

Israel has consistently responded to Iran’s aggressions, which Tehran propagates in the region through its various proxy groups, such as Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen.

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Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, in a Wall Street Journal op-ed this week, stated that Israel has even retaliated inside Iran for terrorist attacks committed in 2022. He wrote, "I directed Israel's security forces to make Tehran pay for its decision to sponsor terror." He further added, "After Iran launched two failed UAV attacks on Israel in February 2022, Israel destroyed a UAV base on Iranian soil."

Bennett concluded by saying, "In March 2022, Iran's terror unit attempted to kill Israeli tourists in Turkey and failed. Shortly thereafter, the commander of that very unit was assassinated in the center of Tehran."