Tehran announced the deaths of three senior officers on Sunday
An Israeli strike has resulted in the death of the intelligence chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Brigadier General Mohammad Kazemi, who led the IRGC’s Intelligence Organization, was “assassinated” along with two other intelligence officers, Hassan Mohaghdeh and Mohsen Bagheri, according to a statement released by the Guards on Sunday evening.
The IRGC stated that they retaliated by launching missiles at Israeli “intelligence centers” as part of the third phase of their ongoing barrage, called Operation True Promise III.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu first announced the death of Kazemi in an interview with Fox News on Sunday. Netanyahu told journalist Bret Baier, “I think we’ve set them back quite a bit.”
Open conflict began on Friday morning when Israeli jets bombed Iranian military and nuclear sites. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the operation as an effort to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. Iran responded with a barrage of missiles, some of which hit residential areas in Tel Aviv and Bat Yam.
Israel also reportedly assassinated senior Iranian commanders and veteran nuclear scientists after smuggling kamikaze drones into the country. Following the attacks, Iranian security officials reported discovering Israeli drones and explosives hidden in Tehran.
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