Iran threatens Israel over alleged Mousavi killing in Syria

Mourners carry the coffin of Razi Moussavi, a senior commander in the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who was killed on December 25 in an Israeli strike in Syria (AFP)
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RIYADH: Iran threatened Israel on Wednesday saying Tel Aviv must be ready for a second 鈥淥ctober 7鈥� for what it claimed was the killing of Seyed Razi Mousavi in Syria.

Spokesman of Iran鈥檚 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Ramadan Sharif, said in a statement that Israel made a mistake to assassinate Mousavi, adding that 鈥渢he matter will not pass without a direct and indirect response.鈥�

Sharif said the events of Oct. 7 were a part of revenge operations for the assassination of Qassem Soleimani.

However, Hamas has reportedly denied the claim that the Al-Aqsa Flood operations were launched to take revenge for Soleimani鈥檚 killing.

Soleimani was killed by an alleged American drone strike in Baghdad in January 2020, while Sayyed Reza Mousavi, a senior member of the IRGC, was killed in Syria on Monday, allegedly by an Israeli airstrike.

The spokesman said Israel was trying to make the war on Gaza an American-Iranian regional conflict. 鈥淭he Israelis are seeking to spread conflict in the region because of their strategic defeat.鈥�

Iran鈥檚 state-run media described Mousavi as 鈥渙ne of the oldest advisers of the IRGC in Syria.鈥� He was close to Soleimani, who led the IRGC鈥檚 Quds Force that plots Tehran鈥檚 extraterritorial operations throughout the Middle East, arming and funding numerous proxy militias.