Israel killed a senior Iranian general overnight, just days after eliminating his predecessor, the Israel Defense Forces said Tuesday morning, as the campaign against Iran’s nuclear program and Iran’s retaliatory missile barrages at Israel entered its fifth day.
Israel launched its campaign early Friday, saying it was acting against an imminent existential threat from the regime’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
Explosions and air defense fire were reported Tuesday in Tehran, as Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that there were significant strikes in store for the Iranian capital.Air defenses were reportedly also activated in Natanz, home to a major uranium enrichment plant that was seriously damaged in Israel’s opening attack, and satellite images showed extensive damage at a missile base.
An airstrike Monday night killed Maj. Gen. Ali Shadmani, the new head of the Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, also known as Iran’s military emergency command. He had only been on the job for some four days, having replaced Maj. Gen. Gholam Ali Rashid, who was killed on Friday in Israel’s opening strikes against Iran.
The IDF said Shadmani was de facto Iran’s most senior military commander, the “war chief of staff,” and was considered the closest remaining military figure to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Shadmani “commanded both the [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] and the Iranian Armed Forces” during the conflict, the IDF said.
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