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Navy strike on Beirut hotel killed five top IRGC commanders, IDF says
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Damaged hotel rooms hit by an Israeli strike targeting Iranian IRGC officials in Beirut, Lebanon, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Five top commanders in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were killed in an Israeli Navy strike targeting a hotel room in Beirut overnight, the IDF announces.
According to the military, the commanders who were killed “while hiding in a civilian hotel” served in the IRGC Quds Force’s Palestine and Lebanon corps, and were involved in aiding Hezbollah and Hamas with funds and intelligence.
They are named by the IDF as:
- Majid Hassini, a senior moneyman in the Lebanon Corps, who the IDF says was responsible for transferring funds from Iran to proxy groups in Lebanon, including Hezbollah and Hamas
- Ali Reza Bi-Azar, chief of intelligence in the Lebanon Corps
- Ahmad Rasouli, chief of intelligence in the Palestine Corps
- Hossein Ahmadlou, a lower-ranking intelligence operative in the Lebanon Corps
- Abu Muhammad Ali, Hezbollah’s representative in the Palestine Corps
Last week, Israel said it had killed Daoud Alizadeh, the acting commander of the Lebanon Corps, in a strike in Tehran. Another strike in Beirut last week killed the chief of staff of the Lebanon Corps, Reza Khazaei.
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