Israel claims biggest Iranian scalp…for the SECOND time: Ayatollah's chief of staff is killed 5 DAYS after predecessor
ISRAEL'S military claimed it has killed Iran's 'most senior military commander" - and the person closest to the Supreme Leader - for the second time in five days.
The IDF announced it had assassinated Major General Ali Shademani after he replaced Gholam Ali Rashid, who he was taken out in Israel's initial blitz.
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Maj. Gen. Ali Shadmani has been assassinated, according to the IDF
The IDF said that Shademani's position made him Iran's 'War-Time Chief of Staff, the most senior military commander, and the closest figure to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei".
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