An Israeli airstrike in Iran overnight targeted a secret command center used by the Iranian military’s top brass, the IDF reveals.
“We neutralized the Iranian regime’s main military emergency headquarters,” IDF Operations Directorate chief Maj. Gen. Oded Basiuk tells reporters.
The strike caused the remaining members of Iran’s military leadership to flee, according to the IDF.
Basiuk says the IDF is “prepared and ready to continue eliminating the heads of terror in Iran, one by one.”
After the attack on the command center, an airstrike killed Maj. Gen. Ali Shadmani, Iran’s most senior military commander, who had entered the role just days earlier, after his predecessor was killed by Israel.
Israel has killed much of Iran’s top military command in its opening strikes on Friday and in the days since.
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