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IDF says over 1,900 Iranian soldiers and commanders killed in war
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Smoke rises from the site of airstrikes in Tehran on March 7, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
More than 1,900 Iranian soldiers and commanders have been killed in Israeli strikes in Iran since the start of the war, IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin says in a press statement.
He says thousands more have been wounded.
“We have many more targets; it is an ongoing effort, and we are deepening the blows to all levels of the regime,” he says.
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