This is John Batcher, conversation with my colleague Malcolm Honeline Conference of President's

Major American Jewish Organizations about an airstrike in Damascus, the consulate, the Iranian consulate, the building destroyed somewhere between the

Iranian residents and the Canadian embassy residents

building destroyed six at least six to eight KIA, one of them

a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards Commander in Damascus. Why? Malcolm answers and describes what this means for the

whole region, what it means for the road ahead in Israel, Iran directing its

surrogates Hamas Hezbollah, Hezbollah, the Houthis, the Khaty Hezbollah in Iraq,

and other bad actors.

Here's Malcolm Holland to describe the airstrike and the threatened retaliation.

This was a very significant development this morning where

somebody took out a building that is adjacent to the Iranian embassy in Damascus, a building that holds, housed the consulate and perhaps the residents of the ambassador and it was next door to the Canadian embassy.

And somehow this building has met its end and included amongst those who were inside

were leaders of the Iran Revolutionary Guard in a very high-level meeting.

Estimates are six to eight people were killed in a strike, but most importantly, and

Iran has acknowledged that General Mohammed Reza Zahidi, who is a senior commander of the IRGC, the Iran Revolutionary Guard, was killed.

Iran is threatening a severe response, but these were all senior Iranian officials, obviously meeting to

coordinate their activities with Hamas Hezbollah, the Houthis and the militias in Iraq and Syria which have become more active and this was considered this is considered a very

significant strike and blow at their capacity.

More of this later. Thank you.