despite that, israeli intelligence must have tracked general mohamed reza zahedi to the meeting he wasascus. he was the senior iranian general in syria and lebanon — two countries iran regards as critical parts in what it says is its system of forward defence, the so—called axis of resistance. in damascus the syrian foreign minister said the general and others who died were killed by israel. translation: we strongly condemn this criminal act l carried out by the zionist enemy. these attacks can only be met by further steadfastness, further support for the palestinian people and further resistance whether in iraq or in southern lebanon. and the iranian ambassador to damascus hinted at retaliation. translation: definitely - the zionist regime knows better than anyone that such crimes and violating international law will have its response in an appropriate time. the raid is the biggest single escalation yet in the deepening war that has been fought since the hamas attacks last october between israel and iran's network of allies here in the north of israel across the border in south lebano

despite that, israeli intelligence must have tracked general mohamed reza zahedi to the meeting he waseral in syria and lebanon — two countries iran regards as critical parts in what it says is its system of forward defence, the so—called axis of resistance. in damascus the syrian foreign minister said the general and others who died were killed by israel. translation: we strongly condemn this criminal act l carried out by the zionist enemy. these attacks can only be met by further steadfastness, further support for the palestinian people and further resistance whether in iraq or in southern lebanon. and the iranian ambassador to damascus hinted at retaliation. translation: definitely - the zionist regime knows better than anyone that such crimes and violating international law will have its response in an appropriate time. the raid is the biggest single escalation yet in the deepening war that has been fought since the hamas attacks last october between israel and iran's network of allies here in the north of israel across the border in south lebanon and in the wider middle east. sinc

after accusing israel of killing a senior revolutionary guards commander — brigadier—general mohamed reza zahedius. at least five people are reported to have died in the strike — which has raised fears of an escalation of fighting in the middle east. israel has declined to comment.

after accusing israel of killing a senior revolutionary guards commander — brigadier—general mohamed reza zahedit five people are reported

iran says mohamed reza zahedi was killed in what it described as an israeli air strike that targeted's consulate in damascus. the attack is a significant escalation, as this senior commander is one of the most high—profile iranian figures believed to have been killed by israel in the country's long campaign of targeted assassinations. there hasn't been reaction from israel. iran has vowed to give a decisive response. our correspondent, hugo bachega, is injerusalem with the latest. iran has said mohammad reza zahedi was killed in what the country has described as an israeli air strike targeting the country's consulate in damascus, syria. now, we have not had any kind of reaction from the israeli authorities. an israeli military spokesman said he would not comment on those reports, but it does seem to be the latest in a series of assassinations, targeted assassinations, that have been carried out by the israeli military. and we have seen that the israeli army has intensified its attacks targeting iranian figures, but also iranian positions in syria. and we have seen that there has been

why was the irgc's goods force commanders meeting at a so-called diplomatic compound why was mohammed reza zahedi who spearheads and is responsible for coordinating hezbollah tax on israel. why was he using a diplomatic facility? that is because the irgc exploits international protocols on diplomatic status to conduct terror operations. now, zahedi, as i said, was responsible for coordinating hezbollah attacks on israel for overseeing more than 170 attacks on us forces. by the way, that includes the killings of three us soldiers. now the us still, despite the fact that us forces were killed, has avoided until now, imposing direct consequences on tehran that calculus must be changed. you need to change the calculus of the regime in iran if we're looking for long lasting peace and stability and the escalation in the region >> cousera a robby. thank you so much for joining us with your insight today. >> thank you very much. now >> iran's attack on israel has renewed debate in washington over military aid facing pressure from both sides of the aisle. house speaker mike johnson says he'll try this wee

iran's ambassador to damaskus hussein akbari confirmed that brigadier, general mohammad reza zahedi and his deputy mohammed hadi haji rahimi were killed in the israely attack. it is our duty to come out because we felt that even though the resistance movement is showing patience towards the israeli regime. we are still witnessing that the regime is pressing ahead with its atrocities with the recently. syria were killed injustice and impunity by the bloody hands of the zionist regime. the regime has been killing innocent people, especially children, for many years. the attack came as almost six months into the gaza hostilities, the regime has failed to achieve its objectives of destroying hamas. despite killing tens of thousands of palestinians, mostly women and children. the two slain iranian generals had been comrads of top iranian anti-terror commander general qasem sulaymani, who was also assassinated in attack in january 3rd, 2020. general sulaymani played a key role in fighting and decimating the daesh tacfiri terrorist group in the region, particularly in iraq and syria. large number of people have g