IRGC Chief Threatens 'Removal of Zionist Regime' at Funeral of Commander Killed in Israeli Airstrike

Major General Hossein Salami's vow of revenge comes amid escalating regional tensions, as Iran-backed groups launch attacks on Israel and its allies.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) chief, Major General Hossein Salami, vowed revenge against Israel for the death of a high-ranking commander, Sayyed Razi Mousavi, during a funeral service in which mourners chanted 'Death to America.'
Mousavi was killed during an Israeli airstrike on a neighborhood in the Syrian capital of Damascus, according to Tehran.
Israel has not commented on Mousavi's death but stated that its forces took necessary action to defend the country.
Salami stated that revenge for Mousavi's death would be 'nothing less than the removal of the Zionist regime,' referring to Israel.
The funeral and subsequent threats come amid fears that the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas could spill over into the region, with Iranian-supported groups in Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq launching attacks on Israel and its allies.