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Saturday, June 21, 2025
IDF chief says killing of Quds Force Palestine Corps chief ‘makes the entire Middle East safer’
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir says the killing of Iran’s IRGC Quds Force’s Palestine Corps chief Saeed Izadi is “one of the key moments in the multi-front war and makes the entire Middle East safer.”
“Saeed Izadi was one of the confidants involved in planning and executing the October 7 massacre, and on his hands is the blood of thousands of Israelis,” Zamir says during an assessment, in remarks provided by the IDF.
“He led the Iran-Hamas axis and was a confidant of Sinwar and Deif,” Zamir says, referring to the killed leaders of Hamas.
“This is a tremendous intelligence and operational achievement by the Intelligence Directorate and the Air Force,” he says, adding that “there are no more cities of refuge in the Middle East.”
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