Israel attacks Syrian capital for the second consecutive day

Damascus – Israeli air force attacked Damascus, the capital of Syria, for a second consecutive day, killing a commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. The attack was targeted at strategic locations of Iran in Syria. Iran has warned of strong retaliation.

Israel conducted an airstrike in Damascus early Friday morning. The Syrian army claimed to have intercepted the Israeli strikes. However, a UK-based Syrian Human Rights organisation claimed an Iranian base was heavily damaged. Iran has confirmed that their commander Milad Haidari has been killed in these air strikes. As per Israeli media, this is the first time that Iran has reacted immediately after the strikes.

Moreover, Iran has threatened to retaliate and has urged the international community to react to Israel’s strikes in sovereign Syria. Iran’s Foreign Minister Nasser Kanani accused the international community of ignoring Israel’s attacks for two consecutive days.

Over the last few days, Israel has intensified its attacks. In March, Israel launched six attacks on Syria, of which three strikes were on Damascus and two on international airports. Human rights organisations and international news have reported that Iran’s bases in Syria have been damaged in Israeli strikes. Israel has warned of action against Iranian passenger planes, which were used to smuggle weapons under cover of the civil war and earthquake in Syria.

During the tenure of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Yer Lapid, the intensity of attacks on Syria decreased. However, since Benjamin Netanyahu has returned to power, the attacks on Iranian sites in Syria have increased. Last month Israeli jets attacked the Syria- Iraq border. In the last few weeks, the Iran Revolutionary Guard officials have been targeted. Last month Colonel Dawood Jafari of the Revolutionary Guard was killed on the streets of Damascus.

Meanwhile, there have been protests by Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel over the past three months. Analysts claim Iran can use this instability to launch covert attacks on Israel.

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