The five-year-old daughter told her mother she saw the caregiver transfer soapy liquid into an alcohol bottle labeled "Jerusalem."

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Israel's professional equestrians reeled Thursday after the poisoning of several horses led to them missing the national competition.

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"The damage is indescribable. I've been riding since I was 6 and I've never seen such a horror, " Danielle Erlichman, who was supposed to participate in the contest, said. "People started walking with the horses, but they just lay down, couldn't move, and had diarrhea. We now have four horses that are at risk of dying and many are connected to IVs, with vets working round the clock to look after them."

The poisoning occurred at a horse farm in Ra'anana, central Israel, and over a dozen horses were affected. It is unclear what caused the incident, but Erlichman insisted, "There is no way that this is the work of our competitors. This is a sport built on people who love animals, putting such a deadly poison in order to kill an animal is something that an equestrian would never do."

She lamented missing the championship along with fellow equestrians.

"Ten horses were supposed to participate in the championship. We practiced for a whole year to reach such a high level, and now it's all gone down the drain. Our athletes were supposed to stand on the winning podium.

"An investigation has been launched, was it the fault of the factory that is denying responsibility, or an individual who did it on purpose? I personally do not rule out the possibility of terrorism. It could be any of these options. I am shocked that people can harm animals in such a way," she said.

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An Iranian official claimed Monday that Brig. Gen. Muhammad Hussein-Zada Hejazi, deputy commander of Iran's clandestine Quds Force, did not die of a heart attack as Iranian authorities initially claimed on Sunday, rather was poisoned by Israel and the United States with radioactive materials, possibly in Iraq or Syria.

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Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida cited an unnamed source reportedly close to Hejazi, as insisting that he was in good health before his last trip to Iraq and Syria in March.

After Hejazi's return to Iran, the Iranian source told Al-Jarida, he faced symptoms "similar to those of COVID-19" but tests confirmed he had not, in fact, contracted the coronavirus.

The source noted that Hejazi's symptoms were so severe about one week ago that he was unable to leave his office at Quds Force headquarters, and that all medical procedures proved futile before a sudden bout of good health enabled him to leave.  His death two days later caught everyone by surprise, the source claimed.

Some military doctors, the source told Al-Jarida, diagnosed Hejazi as possibly having cancer but he died before completing additional tests.

The source went on to say that everyone in Hejazi's circle initially believed he had died from a heart attack or due to health problems associated with exposure to chemical weapons in the Iran-Iraq war, but on Monday morning forensic doctors who performed his autopsy "detected radioactive materials in his body," indicating that he was assassinated, possibly through food.

According to the Kuwaiti daily, the materials allegedly discovered in the autopsy were similar to those which Russian President Vladimir Putin has been accused of using against his political opponents.

The source further alleged that the majority of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' high command was in agreement that Israel was behind the incident and possibly used the type of poison associated with Russian assassination attempts so that suspicions would be turned against Moscow.

The IRGC has launched an investigation into the matter and ordered that all commanders who recently traveled abroad undergo testing.

According to several intelligence organizations, Hejazi, who Iranian officials said had suffered from a chronic illness, oversaw the planning of the 1994 terrorist attack on the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85.

Last year, Israeli intelligence officials concluded Hejazi had also been tasked with orchestrating Hezbollah's precision missile program in Lebanon. Hejazi was also responsible for the establishment of pro-Iranian militias in Syria, and according to reports in rebel-affiliated media outlets, was seen in the country several times in recent years.

Prior to the assassination of former Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad, Hejazi had been responsible for Quds Force logistics. He also took part in the brutal crackdown of the 2009 Iranian presidential election protests that saw demonstrators tortured and murdered.

A central player in the Quds Force, Hejazi's death is a serious blow to the elite organization, which has found it hard to fill the vacuum left by Soleimani's death.

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