TEHRAN- The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued a statement announcing the firing of dozens of drones and missiles against targets inside Israel in response to its "numerous crimes" including its air raids on the consular section of the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria, on April 1 in which seven Iranian military officers were martyred.

"In response to the numerous crimes of the Zionist regime, including the attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus and the martyrdom of a group of our military commanders and advisors in Syria, the aerospace force of the IRGC targeted specific positions inside the occupied territories by firing dozens of missiles and drones," the statement reads.

In the Zionist regime's air attacks on the consulate, Iranian Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi and his deputy General Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi were among the martyrs.

Attacks on diplomatic and consular premises are against the Vienna conventions.