In the Middle East, the conflict in the Gaza Strip has been going on for weeks, putting enormous pressure on Israel. The shipping lanes of the Red Sea have also been frequently attacked by the Houthis, affecting Israel's economic interests. However, Israel has not shown a willingness to de-escalate and has rejected the international community's call for a ceasefire and continues to carry out military strikes on Gaza.
What is even more shocking is that Israel suddenly launched an air strike on the Syrian capital Damascus on the 25th, resulting in the supreme commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps in Syria, Brigadier General Said Reza Mousavi, being killed in a bomb attack. The Iranian side said Mousavi was a "diplomat" who was hit by an Israeli missile on his way home.
Israel's airstrikes are clearly a retaliatory action against Iran. Because Iran has been a supporter of the Houthis, providing them with a large number of missiles and drones to attack merchant ships linked to Israel. Israel's move is undoubtedly an attempt to give Iran a deterrent and stop interfering in the Red Sea.
However, this move by Israel could trigger an even greater crisis. Iran is very angry about this, and both Raisi and Iran have issued stern warnings to Israel, saying that Israel must "pay the price" for this, and that Iran will take the necessary measures against Israel at the right time and place. Iran will not easily let go of the fact that such an important military general was killed by Israel.
Israel has not responded to this at the moment, nor has it acknowledged or denied responsibility for the airstrike. But, whether intentionally or accidentally, Israel has already poked a hornet's nest. Because the United States has been working hard to stabilize the situation in the Middle East and prevent the expansion of the conflict in Gaza and other regions. During his visit to Tel Aviv in December, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken demanded that Israel end its military operations in Gaza within a month and resume peace talks with the Palestinians.
The United States does not want to see a protracted war between Palestine and Israel now, which will make the situation in the Middle East out of control, and will also affect the strategic interests of the United States in other regions, such as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and the game in the Asia-Pacific region. However, at a time when the United States is trying to calm the powder keg in the Middle East, Israel has made such a major event, causing tension in the Middle East again.
Iran has 23 years, an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps commander warned that if the United States and its allies continue to commit crimes in the Gaza Strip, then it could inspire the emergence of new resistance forces. At that time, the United States and its allies will have to face the blockade of the Mediterranean Sea, the Strait of Gibraltar and other shipping lanes. In this way, Iran has just issued such a warning, and less than two days later, Israel launched air strikes on Syria and killed senior Iranian generals, which is simply forcing Iran to hurry up.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps has already said that Israel will pay the price for the killing of Brigadier General Mousavi. Iran's warning may be more than just rhetoric. Next, Iran is likely to retaliate against Israel, and in this regard, Iran's operational power cannot be underestimated.
In 2020, the U.S. military used a drone strike that killed the Supreme Commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, Quds Force Supreme Commander Soleimani. Iran then launched dozens of missile attacks on two US military bases in Iraq, causing heavy losses to US troops. Iran** also claimed at the time that the attack killed at least a number of U.S. troops, wounded 200 people, and destroyed a large number of drones and drones. Although the U.S. military ** command denied Iran's claims, it also admitted that there were "brain damage" of US military personnel in the attack.
Iran is a regional missile power, and the strike range of its missiles completely covers Israel. Iran dared to retaliate with a missile attack on the US military for this air strike and the killing of Iranian generals, not to mention that it is now facing only Israel, the younger brother of the United States. Iran's retaliation, I am afraid, is just around the corner.
Israeli airstrikes in Syria killed Iran**, and the worst fears of the United States still happened. If Iran does intervene, whether it is a missile retaliation against Israel or a blockade of areas such as the Red Sea, it will put the United States and Israel in an even greater predicament.