Israel killed a top commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Monday in airstrikes carried out in the Syrian capital of Damascus.
Iranian-state media said that Reza Mousawi, a high-ranking Iranian general, was killed in a strike on the Sayida Zeinab neighborhood. Israeli airstrikes in Syria earlier this month killed two other Iranian generals.
Reuters reported that Mousawi was responsible for coordinating Iran’s military alliance between Syria and Iran.
Israel did not comment on the strike, which is customary for their military.
“I won’t comment on foreign reports, these or others in the Middle East,” said IDF spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari. “The Israeli military obviously has a job to protect the security interests of Israel.”
Secondaries can be heard in the area reportedly struck in an airstrike earlier in Aqraba region, Damascus, Syria.
