Israeli strikes hit an Iranian embassy annex constructing in Syria’s capital on Monday, native media stated, as a warfare monitor reported eight individuals have been killed within the constructing, together with a senior commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps.

The Israeli assault focused the Iranian consulate constructing within the Mazzeh neighbourhood of Damascus, in line with Syria’s official information company SANA. The bombing website was confirmed by information companies because the constructing subsequent to the embassy, an annex, had been levelled, in an upscale neighbourhood of the capital. The information of Iranian Commander Mohammad Reza Zahedi’s demise was reported by information company Reuters.

Iranian media additionally reported that the strikes in Damascus utterly destroyed the annex constructing and that the ambassador was unhurt. “Hossein Akbari, ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Damascus, and his household weren’t harmed within the Israeli assault,” Iran’s Nour news agency said.

UK-based group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said “Israeli missiles… destroyed the building of an annex to the Iranian embassy… in Damascus, killing six people”. Syria’s official SANA information company earlier reported that “our air defence methods confronted enemy targets within the neighborhood of Damascus”.

There was no immediate comment from Israel, which has stepped up strikes on Iran-linked militant groups amid its Gaza war raging against Hamas since October 7. The incident came days after the Observatory reported Israeli strikes that killed 53 people in Syria, including 38 soldiers and seven members of the Iran-backed Hezbollah.

Iran Calls For International Response

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Monday called for the international community to act after the Israeli attack on their consulate in Damascus.

In a telephone conversation with his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad, Amir-Abdollahian said, “blamed the consequences of this action on the Zionist regime and stressed the need for a serious response by the international community to such criminal actions”, a press release by Iran’s overseas ministry acknowledged.

(With company inputs)