For the first time in four years, Tehran has admitted members of its Revolutionary Guard Corps have been killed in airstrikes attributed to Israel.
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Col. Ehsan Karbalaipour and Col. Morteza Saidnejad were both killed in the alleged Israeli airstrike near Damascus early Monday morning, Iranian state media outlets reported Tuesday.
Tehran would make sure "the Zionist regime will pay for this crime," the outlets said.
Syrian state media outlet SANA reported an attack by Israeli jets in the area of Damascus. The Syrian military said two civilians were killed in the attack that allegedly targeted a civilian factory.
Syrian opposition forces reported, however, that the attack had targeted pro-Iranian militias military sites near the Damascus airport.
The attack took place two days after Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Iran last admitted to casualties incurred by alleged Israeli attacks in 2018. According to reports at the time, the 14 people killed an airstrike on Syria's T4 airbase included members of the Revolutionary Guards.
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