'''Sadegh Omidzadeh''' ({{lang-fa|امیدصادق زاده کهامیدزاده}}), also known as '''YousefHojatollah OmidzadehOmidvar''' ({{lang-fa|یوسفحجت امیدالله زادهامیدوار}}),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1365124/who-is-hojatollah-omidvar-irans-deputy-military-intelligence-chief-killed-by-israeli-strike-in-damascus.html |title=Who is Hojatollah Omidvar, Iran's deputy military intelligence chief killed by 'Israeli strike' in Damascus? |publisher=L'Orient-Le Jour |date=20 January 2024 }}</ref> was an [[Iran|Iranian]] general and head of the [[Quds Force]] intelligence unit in Syria.<ref>{{cite news |title=Iran Condemns Suspected Israeli Strike Killing 5 IRGC Officers |url=https://www.iranintl.com/en/202401208247 |access-date=20 January 2024 |publisher=Iran International |date=20 January 2024}}</ref> He was killed by an [[Israel|Israeli]] airstrike during the [[Israel–Hamas war]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aji |first1=Alberte |last2=Mroue |first2=Bassem |title=An Israeli airstrike on the Syrian capital killed at least 4 Iranian advisers, officials say |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/20/syria-israel-airstrike-mazzeh-damascus/bf1ac026-b76f-11ee-b285-0853d4d1b92f_story.html |access-date=20 January 2024 |publisher=The Washington Post |date=20 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Makieh |first1=Kinda |last2=Bassam |first2=Laila |title=Israeli strike on Damascus kills four Iranian Revolutionary Guards |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-strike-damascus-kills-iranian-guards-official-source-regional-pro-syria-2024-01-20/ |access-date=20 January 2024 |publisher=Reuters |date=20 January 2024}}</ref>
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==Death==
On 20 January 2024, Omidzadeh, along with fourthree other Iranian officials, Ali Aghazadeh, Saeed Karimi and Hossein Mohammadi,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1402/10/30/3025974/شهادت-4-مستشار-نظامی-ایران-در-حمله-اسرائیل-به-دمشق-اسامی |title=شهادت ۴ مستشار نظامی ایران در حمله اسرائیل به دمشق + اسامی |trans-title=Martyrdom of 4 Iranian military advisers in Israel's attack on Damascus + names |publisher=Tasnim News Agency |language=fa |date=20 January 2024 }}</ref> was killed during a meeting at a building in the [[Mezzeh]] district of [[Damascus]]. The Israeli airstrikes, as reported by the [[Syrian Observatory for Human Rights]], resulted in the complete destruction of the building, leading to the death of at least 10 military personnel.<ref>{{cite news |title=Including 3 leaders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.. 10 killed in the Israeli targeting of a building in Damascus |url=https://www.syriahr.com/%d8%a8%d9%8a%d9%86%d9%87%d9%85-3-%d9%85%d9%86-%d9%82%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d8%b1%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ab%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d9%8a%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%86-2/699552/ |access-date=20 January 2024 |publisher=Syrian Observatory for Human Right |date=20 January 2024 |language=Arabic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.es/internacional/nuevo-golpe-israel-iran-siria-ataque-cupula-20240120155853-nt.html |title=Nuevo golpe de Israel a Irán en Siria con un ataque a la cúpula de Inteligencia de la Guardia Revolucionaria |publisher=ABC |language=es |date=20 January 2024 }}</ref>
His death occurred less than a month after Israel had assassinated another high-ranking Iranian general, [[Razi Mousavi]], in Damascus,<ref>{{cite news |title=Israel assassinates the commander of the Quds Force intelligence in Syria and his deputy |url=https://www.sawtbeirut.com/world-news/%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%BA%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82/ |access-date=20 January 2024 |publisher=Saw Beirut |date=20 January 2024 |language=Arabic |archive-date=20 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120102951/https://www.sawtbeirut.com/world-news/%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%BA%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and two weeks after the [[assassination of Saleh al-Arouri]] in [[Beirut]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-02 |title=نصرالله يطل في ذكرى سليماني فكيف سيرد على تهديدات إسرائيل وتطبيق القرار 1701؟ |trans-title=Nasrallah appears at Soleimani's memorial. How will he respond to Israel's threats and the implementation of Resolution 1701? |url=https://www.alquds.co.uk/%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D9%8A%D8%B7%D9%84-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%89-%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81-%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%B9/ |website=Al-Quds |language=ar |access-date=20 January 2024 |archive-date=16 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116064334/https://www.alquds.co.uk/%d9%86%d8%b5%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%d9%87-%d9%8a%d8%b7%d9%84-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%b0%d9%83%d8%b1%d9%89-%d8%b3%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%8a-%d9%81%d9%83%d9%8a%d9%81-%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%b1%d8%af-%d8%b9/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
