Netanyahu hails killing of IRGC intel chief, vows to continue war ‘with full force’

Nava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a  video address on April 5, 2026. (Screen capture / GPO)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a video address on April 5, 2026. (Screen capture / GPO)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lauds the military’s assassination of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence chief, Majid Khademi, vowing that Israel “will continue with full force” in its war aims, in a Hebrew-language post on X.

Netanyahu also hails the assassination of Yazdan Mir, known by his alias Sardar Bagheri, who headed the IRGC Quds Force’s clandestine Unit 840, calling him “responsible for attacks against Jews and Israelis around the world.”

“Whoever acts to murder our citizens, whoever directs terrorism against Israel, whoever builds the Iranian axis of evil — their blood is on their own head. We are acting with power and determination, we will reach anyone who seeks to harm us,” the premier warns.

“We will continue with full force, on all fronts, until the threat is removed and all the objectives of the war are achieved,” he concludes.

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