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On 1 April 2024, Israel conducted an airstrike on the Iranian embassy complex in Damascus, Syria, destroying the building housing its consular section. [5] [1] [6] Sixteen people were killed in the strike, including eight officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and two Syrian civilians.
[2] [32] Israel then carried out retaliatory strikes in Iran and Syria on 19 April. [33] [34] The Israeli strikes were limited, and analysts say they signaled a desire to de-escalate. Iran did not respond to the attack, and tensions de-escalated back down to the proxy conflict. [35] Other actors participated in the conflict as well.
On 19 April, Israel struck an air defense facility in Isfahan, Iran in retaliation. [28] The strikes were limited and de-escalated tensions. [29] On 31 July, Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran by an apparent Israeli attack. [30] Iran vowed to retaliate. [31]
DUBAI (Reuters) -Fifteen people were killed in Israeli strikes on residential buildings in Damascus on Thursday, Syrian state media reported, and Israel said the attacks targeted military sites ...
Why did the attack take place? Israel and Iran are long-standing rivals and have been engaged in a shadow war for years. Israel’s war on Hamas, waged since the militant group attacked Israel on ...
Fifteen people were killed and 16 others injured in Israeli strikes on Damascus in Syria, state media SANA said, citing a military source and marking one of the deadliest strikes in months to hit ...
[4] Israel told the U.S. that if Iran were to launch a strike from its territory against Israel in retaliation, it would prompt a harsh response from Israel, potentially escalating the current conflict to a higher intensity. [5] [6] Four anonymous Israeli officials have confirmed that Israel has been behind the attack. [7]
Why did Iran attack Israel on April 13? Iran's attack on Israel was in response to a deadly Israeli airstrike on April 1 at the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria. Brig.