January 2015 Mazraat Amal incident

January 2015 Mazraat Amal incident
Part of Hezbollah involvement, Iranian involvement in the Syrian civil war, Iran–Israel conflict in the Syrian civil war, and the Hezbollah–Israel conflict
Location
al-Amal Farms (Mazraat Amal), Syria

33°14′N 35°53′E / 33.23°N 35.88°E / 33.23; 35.88
Planned byattributed to Israel
claimed by Al-Nusra Front
ObjectiveTo destroy a Hezbollah field unit
Date18 January 2015 (2015-01-18)
Executed byattributed to IAF
claimed by Al-Nusra Front
OutcomeHezbollah group and accompanying Iranian general killed
Casualties Six Hezbollah fighters killed, including Jihad Mughniyah and field commander Mohamad Issa[1]
Brig. Gen. Mohammad Ali Allahdadi[2][3][4][5]

The January 2015 Mazraat Amal incident was an airstrike against a two-car convoy that killed six Hezbollah fighters, including two prominent commanders, and a general of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), Mohammad Ali Allahdadi,[2][3][4][5] at al-Amal Farms (Mazraat Amal) in the Quneitra District of Syria, in the Eastern Golan Heights, on 18 January 2015, during the Syrian Civil War. The attack was largely attributed to Israel, which did not officially confirm that it carried it out.[6] Hezbollah and IRGC held Israel responsible and threatened to retaliate.[7] On 19 January 2015, Al-Nusra Front member Abu Azzam al-Idlibi claimed that Jihad Mughniyeh and the other Hezbollah fighters were killed in an Al-Nusra Front ambush at Jaroud in the Qalamoun Mountains in the Al-Qutayfah District northeast of Damascus, claiming that it "will be the end of the Persian project, God willing."[8]

Ten days later, Hezbollah launched an ambush against an Israeli military convoy in Shebaa Farms,[9] which was seen by many sources as a retaliatory action.

  1. ^ "Region on edge after Israel's deadly strike". The Daily Star. Beirut. 19 January 2015. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Reuters20150120 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b "Report: Six Iranians killed in Israeli strike in Syria, including Revolutionary Guards general". The Jerusalem Post. 19 January 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Six Iranians, including a general, killed in Israeli strike". Times of Israel. 19 January 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Israel strike on Syria 'also killed six Iranians'". AFP. 19 January 2015.
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  7. ^ Peter Beaumont (20 January 2015). "Israel unaware killed Iranian general was in Hezbollah convoy in Syria". the Guardian. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference memonitor was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Bassam, Tom Perry (30 January 2015). "Hezbollah: we don't want war with Israel but do not fear it". reuters.com.