{"id":112791,"date":"2024-04-01T19:55:30","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T19:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=112791"},"modified":"2024-04-01T19:55:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T19:55:32","slug":"irgc-says-2-generals-5-officers-killed-in-israeli-attack-in-damascus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/112791\/","title":{"rendered":"IRGC says 2 generals, 5 officers killed in Israeli attack in Damascus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Monday that the Israeli airstrike on the Iranian embassy in Damascus resulted in the killing of two generals and five officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IRGC said in an official statement that IRGC leader Mohammad Reza Zahedi, commander of the IRGC\u2019s Quds Force in Syria and Lebanon, was killed in the Israeli airstrikes along with his deputy Sardar Haji Rahimi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The five killed officers are Hossein Aman Elahi, Sayid Mehdi Jalalati, Mohsen Sedaghat, Ali Agha Babaei, Sayid Ali Salehi Roozbahani, said the IRGC\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hours ago, Israel launched an air raid on the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital, Damascus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran\u2019s ambassador to Syria, Hossein Akbari, said the consulate in the Syrian capital had been targeted by six missiles launched by F-35 jets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Akbari, who had been working at the nearby embassy building, vowed that Iran\u2019s response to the attack would be \u201cswift, direct, and harsh.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This attack comes three days after a similar one <a href=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/112691\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">killed<\/a> over 50 people, the majority of whom 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