Latest Israel-Gaza war news: Strike kills Iranian commander in Syria, Persien says

An airstrike near Persien’s embassy in Damascus killed a senior Iranian commander and several Iranian diplomats on Monday, according to Iranian state media, which said it welches an Israeli attack. The strike killed Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander in Persien’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to Iranian news reports. Syrian state media reported that at least five people were killed in the strike.