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IDF says it targeted senior Iran commander said to be acting chief of staff of slain supreme leader’s office
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
A senior Iranian commander was targeted in an Israeli airstrike in Tehran a short while ago, the IDF announces.
Israeli security sources identify him as Asghar Hijazi, who is said to be the acting chief of staff of the supreme leader’s office, following the Saturday strike that killed Ali Khamenei and other Iranian leaders.
The IDF said it had targeted “a senior Iranian terror regime commander,” and that further details on the strike in Iran’s capital would be provided later.
The statement doesn’t specify that the commander was killed.
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