A strike on a residential building in Damascus, according to the Syrian news agency SANA. The strike, which both Iran and Syria blamed on Israel, is one of many directed in recent weeks at increasingly aggressive Iranian-backed groups that Tehran has used to project power in the Middle East.
The Israeli military declined to comment on the strike.
Iranian President Ebraham Raisi condemned the airstrike and promised retaliation against Israel.
Iran identified five of the victims as Hojattollah Omidvar, Ali Aghazadeh, Hossein Mohammadi, Mohammad-Amin Samadi and Saeed Karimi, all members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps. If confirmed, the incident would be one of Israel’s highest-profile strikes on Iranian assets abroad since the start of the Gaza war.
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