There is an escalation of tension in the Middle East. On Monday, warplanes attacked a building inside Iran's consulate complex in Damascus, Syria. Some of the most senior members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard were killed. Iran blames Israel for the strikes. Now there are reports of new attacks on international ships in the Red Sea and a base in southern Israel. Nick Schifrin reports.
In a significant increase in regional tensions, an airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus led to the deaths of at least eleven people, including a senior officer in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi. The use of F-35 jets by Israeli warplanes in the attack has raised the stakes…
Israeli air strikes destroyed the Iranian embassy's consular annex in Damascus Monday, Syrian and Iranian officials said, with a top Revolutionary Guard commander among eight reported to have been killed amid worsening regional tensions.Israel said it would not comment on the reported attack, but Iranian officials vowed a stiff response with fears of even further violence between Israel and Iran's allies triggered by the Gaza war.
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