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IDF confirms death of IRGC intel chief, additional high-ranking officer in overnight strikes
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF confirms killing the chief of intelligence in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Majid Khademi, along with another top IRGC officer, in overnight strikes.
The military says it killed Yazdan Mir, known by his alias Sardar Bagheri, who headed the IRGC Quds Force’s clandestine Unit 840.
Unit 840 has been implicated in kidnappings and assassinations of figures outside of Iran, including against Israelis.
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