The conflict is spreading to the Middle East. Iran accused Israel of carrying out the attack which led to the death of five Iranian military officials in Damascus (Syria) on Saturday January 20, including the head of the Revolutionary Guards’ intelligence in Syria and his deputy. Iranian Foreign Ministry “strongly condemned the criminal act of the Zionist regime”denouncing “a desperate attempt to spread instability and insecurity in the region.” His spokesperson then threatened the Jewish state with reprisals “at the appropriate time and place”. Since the start of the war in Syria in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes on neighboring Syrian territory, mainly targeting forces supported by Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah, allies of the Syrian regime and sworn enemies of the state. Israeli, as well as the Syrian army. Follow our live stream.
At least four Iranians killed in Damascus. According to a military source and Iranian media, five members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, including two senior officials, were killed Saturday in an Israeli strike on a building in Damascus. The strike destroyed a four-story building in the Mazzé neighborhood, where a “meeting of pro-Iran leaders”, indicated the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH), citing for its part a toll of around ten deaths.
Europe is raising its voice. The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, accused Israel on Friday of having “created” And “finance” the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, in power in Gaza and behind the unprecedented attack of October 7 on Israeli soil. A statement which comes as the Israeli Prime Minister reaffirmed his opposition to the creation of a Palestinian state.
New Israeli strikes. During the night from Friday to Saturday, Israeli forces bombarded the north and south of Gaza, notably the Khan Younes sector (south), the new epicenter of ground fighting and air raids after a first phase of the war concentrated in the north of the territory. Early Saturday, the Hamas health ministry reported at least 90 deaths overnight.
Tensions between the United States and Israel. Israel’s main ally and key supporter in its war against Hamas, the United States has in recent weeks called on the Israeli army to reduce the number of civilian casualties in its operations and reiterated its support for the creation of a Palestinian state. , a subject at the center of disagreements with the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
A growing conflict. The Houthis Yemeni claimed responsibility for new shootings against an American oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden, provoking new American strikes against them on Friday.