at least five people are reported to have died in the strike which has raised fears of an escalation of fighting in the middle east. israel has declined to comment. our international editor, jeremy bowen has the lastest. a few minutes after the attack, the building in iran s diplomatic compound in a well off central area of damascus seems to be on fire. the israeli strike destroyed the iranian consulate. it was a precision attack against a senior commander who will have worked hard to keep his movements secret. despite that, israeli intelligence must have tracked general mohamed reza zahedi to the meeting he was having in damascus. he was the senior iranian general in syria and lebanon two countries iran regards as critical parts in what it says is its system of forward defence, the so called axis of resistance. in damascus the syrian foreign minister said the general and others who died were killed by israel. translation: we strongly condemn this criminal act l carried o
in the central gaza strip. localjournalists published pictures of their passports showing that they were from australia, poland and the united kingdom. we ll have more on this later in the programme. to the other big story we ve been following iran has vowed to respond decisively, after accusing israel of killing a senior revolutionary guards commander brigadier general mohamed reza zahedi in an air strike on an iranian consulate building in syria s capital, damascus. at least five people are reported to have died in the strike which has raised fears of an escalation of fighting in the middle east. israel has declined to comment. our international editor, jeremy bowen has the lastest. a few minutes after the attack, the building in iran s diplomatic compound in a well off central area of damascus seems to be on fire. the israeli strike destroyed the iranian consulate. it was a precision attack against a senior commander who will have worked hard to keep his movements
stephy mavididi put them ahead. and thenjamie vardy sealed the win with his fourteenth league goal of the season. meanwhile, huddersfield took a precious point from their trip to stoke as they battle to get out of the relegation zone. bojan radulovic scoring on the stroke on half time for the visitors. stoke equalised just after the restart through kijana hoever. let s take a look at some of the other scores in the championship. despite winning 2 1 against millwall, rotherham are on the brink of relegation. had they lost, that would have sealed their fate. with just 23 points and four wins this season. they may have just delayed the inevitable. meawhile, blackburn rovers beat sunderland 5 1. they re five points off the relegation zone. ipswich and southampton have just kicked off. ipswich are one point behind leaders leicester, so could leapfrog them with a win. southampton are fourth. third placed leeds play hull later. there are five matches in the premier league tomorrow,