Report: Israel expecting Iranian response from Lebanon or Syria

Israel is expecting a response on the northern front to the killing of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Sayyed Reza Mousavi in Syria, Israeli media reported on Monday evening, citing defense establishment officials.

The northern front refers to Lebanon and Syria.

The Israeli “Walla” news portal meanwhile quoted a senior Israeli official as saying that “the Israeli army is preparing for a possible Iranian response to the assassination of the senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard adviser, including the firing of rockets from Syria and Lebanon.”

“Israel has not officially declared its responsibility for the assassination of the Iranian general in Syria, but according to a senior Israeli official, the general was responsible for the arms shipments that were being sent from Iran to the pro-Iranian groups in Syria and Hezbollah,” Walla added.

On Monday, it was reported that Mousavi, a senior IRGC commander responsible for military cooperation between Iran and its proxies in the region, was killed in an airstrike in the Damascus countryside.

According to Israeli security assessments, Iran had ramped up its transfer of weaponry to Shiite militias operating in Syria since the Israeli army launched its war on Hamas in Gaza.