The Iranian Ministry of Defense said that Israel “will pay the price for the terrorist crime” it carried out in the assassination of an advisor Revolutionary Guardsas the Iranian Foreign Minister said Hussein Amir Abdullahian Tel Aviv has to wait for the countdown.
Yesterday, Monday, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced the killing of one of its old advisors in Syria during an Israeli missile raid in the Damascus countryside. It said in a statement that the advisor, Radhi Mousavi, held the rank of major general and that he was responsible for the so-called Resistance Unit Support Unit in Syria.
Following this operation, the Iranian Ministry of Defense said that “the response to this crime will be at the appropriate time and place and in the manner that we deem appropriate,” and stressed that the Iranian response “will be strict and effective, but will not provide room for any Israeli exploitation.”
In turn, Abdullahian said, “It is necessary Tel Aviv must wait for a difficult countdown after the killing of Mousavi, who was targeted in the Sayyida Zeinab area on the outskirts of Damascus.
He added that Mousavi was “Iran’s advisor on combating terrorism in Syria” and had been in the region for many years with Qassem Soleimani.
Qassem Soleimani is a leader Quds Force In the Iranian Revolutionary Guard who was killed in an American drone attack in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, in 2020.
Yesterday, the Revolutionary Guards warned that Israel would pay the price for the assassination, as it put it, which was pledged by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who considered “this step another sign of the frustration, weakness and impotence of the usurping Zionist regime in the region.”
As he commented Hizb allah The Lebanese ally of Iran responded to the event, saying, “The crime of assassinating Brigadier General Radhi Moussawi is a blatant assault and transgression by the Zionist enemy. Moussawi has worked to support the Islamic resistance in Lebanon for decades and is a companion on the path.” Qasem Soleimani“.
Reuters quoted sources as saying that Mousavi was responsible for coordinating the military alliance between Iran and Syria, adding that Iranian state television yesterday cut off its usual news broadcast to announce the assassination of Mousavi, indicating that he was “one of Soleimani’s companions.”
After the assassination of Mousavi, the Israeli Home Front issued security instructions along the border with Lebanon and the settlements of the occupied Syrian Golan.
She stressed the need to adhere to the instructions issued in anticipation of any possible escalation by Hezbollah and the resistance in Lebanon and Syria.
The Israeli army said that it bombed several areas, military sites, and operational infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah.
For years, Israel has launched attacks against what it describes as targets linked to Iran in Syria, where Tehran’s influence has increased since its support for President Bashar al-Assad in the conflict that has erupted in Syria since 2011.