According to the Greek Pentapostagma** December 2**, two officers of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps were killed in an Israeli attack while on an advisory mission in Syria. This incident is the first time that the Iranian side has publicly reported on the personnel involved in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict**. According to the official press service of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, "excellent servicemen Ali Atasurse and Panatajizadeh were killed by Israel." On the same day, Alrabiya** also reported that Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps accused Israel of killing two Revolutionary Guard Corps officers. The statement did not mention a specific time and place. But the Syrian Defense Ministry announced that at around 1:35 a.m. on December 2, Israel launched airstrikes on targets near the Syrian capital, Damascus, killing two Iranian officers and wounding seven others.
Since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, Israel has launched hundreds of airstrikes against targets inside Syria, primarily against Syrian and pro-Iranian militias, including the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps in Syria. In particular, Israel has intensified its attacks on Syria since Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on 7 October. For example, in the early hours of 22 November, Israeli forces launched multiple rocket launchers from the Golan Heights into Damascus governorate, carrying out rocket attacks on Syrian infrastructure. Major General Vadimkulij, deputy head of the Russian Center for Mediation of the Parties to the Syrian conflict, said that four people were injured as a result of the Israeli attack. On the night of 8 November, Israel launched air strikes from the direction of Barbek, Lebanon, on a number of military positions in southern Syria, causing property damage.
On 30 October, Israeli forces launched air strikes from the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, destroying two positions of the Syrian army on the outskirts of Dara'a, causing property damage. On October 22, Israel attacked the main runway of Damascus International Airport, the largest airport in Syria, causing the airport to cease operations for a month. Hamas maintains close ties with Iran and has received significant amounts of military aid from Iran. Israel has long believed that Hamas's attacks on Israel were instigated by Iran. The Iranian side has repeatedly condemned the Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip. Iran** Ibrahim Raisi even publicly accused Israel's actions of being a terrorist attack, and he called on the international community to recognize Israel** and the army as terrorist** and the army. Perhaps it was for these two reasons that Israel carried out airstrikes that killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps officers in Syria.
Iran, however, is not deterred by this. Just this week, Iran announced a new hypersonic missile called Fattah-2, which it claims can hit any Israeli location in just 400 seconds. Iran even threatens to turn Tel Aviv into a lunar desert!