The strike targeted the consular section of the Iranian embassy in Damascus on Monday. At least 13 people, including two important Iranian military officials, were killed.
The strikes are the first to target an Iranian diplomatic building in Syria. Iran warned Israel and the United States on Tuesday that it would retaliate for the raid.. The strike comes in the context of the war that has been going on for almost six months between Israel and Palestinian Hamas in Gaza. The U.N. Security Council reaffirmed “that the principle of inviolability of diplomatic premises must be respected”