The killing indicates Israel's elaborate plan to counter any Iranian military presence in Syria and is an attempt to diminish Iranian military capabilities, which pose a threat to Israel's national security.
Israel appears to be expanding its tactics by assassinations of Iranian individuals and
...KABOOM!...
s against Iranian militias in Syria.
The liquidation of Col. Jafari was carefully planned and carried out by attaching an explosive to his vehicle. This operation required a new kind of logistical preparation and intelligence on the ground.
It is worth noting that the killing took place near the town of Sayyidah Zaynab (Sitt Zaynab), south of the capital Damascus. This town was turned into the headquarters of Iranian militias during the Syrian war.
Despite the significant military presence, Israel managed to infiltrate Iran's security in order to carry out the liquidation.
However,
there's more than one way to skin a cat...
what happened raises questions. How was Israel able to build intelligence "sleeper cells" in the most fortified areas that are the command center for Iranian gunnies and their non-Syrian loyalists?
Moreover, has the Syrian regime become so weak that it cannot protect its Iranian allies on its own soil?
This inability to respond to Israeli military operations has diminished support for the Assad regime in the eyes of its remaining Syrian loyalists.
Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes against Iranian militias in Syria in recent years, especially Lebanese Hezbollah, which is considered Tehran's arm in the region.
It seems that the killing of the Iranian general in Syria is a continuation of the aerial bombing operations targeting the Iranian military headquarters in Syria, but in a more complex and thorough manner.
Israel has previously targeted people associated with Iran, but with airstrikes, not explosives on the ground.
On March 19, 2015, Israel orchestrated the liquidation of Samir Kuntar, a senior Hezbollah member who was killed in Damascus after Israeli warplanes bombed an apartment building where Kuntar was staying at the time.
Another example is the liquidation of Jihad Imad Mughniyeh, the leader of Lebanese Hezbollah, and son of Imad Mughniyeh, one of the party's senior military commanders. He was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his convoy in Quneitra, southwestern Syria, on Jan. 18, 2018. It is clear that the liquidation of Col. Jafari cannot be separated from recent Israeli operations in Iranian territory.
On June 12, Iranian media close to the Revolutionary Guards reported that Ali Kamani and Mohammed Abdous, two members of the Revolutionary Guards air space unit, were killed in the cities of Khamen and Semnan. Kamani and Abdous had worked on developing and producing weapons for Lebanese Hezbollah. Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for
spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
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blamed Israel for both killings.