Over the weekend, a member of the Muslim Jihad organization known as Abu Abdel Rahman, or Aswad, was fatally shot in Damascus. Some Arab media outlets have blamed Israel for carrying out the assassination, which reportedly occurred in close proximity to the Palestinian refugee’s home. Others have identified the victim as Ramzi al-Aswad. According to reports from the French news agency AFP, many members of Jihad’s leadership reside in the Syrian capital and have been targeted by Israeli attacks in the past. Just last week, an Israeli airstrike on a Syrian ammunition depot resulted in the deaths of an army officer and two fighters affiliated with Iran operating in Damascus.
A senior commander in the Muslim Jihad organization was shot and killed over the weekend in Damascus, and the Arab media blames Israel for the act.
to a reporter for the French news agency AFP It was reported that the assassination was carried out by direct fire near the house of the man, Abu Abdel Rahman, whose nickname was Aswad, a Palestinian refugee who lived in Damascus and belonged to the al-Quds unit of the organization. In Gaza, Jihad announced that the man who was killed was Ramzi al-Aswad, 31 years old.
The French news agency reported that most of the leaders of the Jihad organization live in the Syrian capital and have often been targets of Israeli attacks. Last week, Israel attacked an ammunition depot in Syria from the air, and the attack killed an army officer and two fighters, all three pro-Iranians operating in Damascus.