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Iranian IRGC Consultant Majid Divani Dies After Israeli Strike on Damascus

Oct 3, 2024, 09:07 AM

Majid Diwani (also reported as Divani), a military adviser and consultant with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has died from injuries sustained in an Israeli airstrike in Syria on Monday, according to Iran's Student News Network (SNN) and Reuters. Diwani was wounded in the strike and succumbed to his injuries on Thursday. The Israeli attack targeted Damascus, though some reports indicate it struck the Hmeimim base on the Syrian coast, amid ongoing tensions between Israel and Iranian forces in the region.