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Israel-Iran live: UK 'moving jets' to Middle East, says Starmer - after Iran issues threat to Britain if it helps stop strikes on Israel
More than 20 Iranian commanders have been killed in Israeli strikes on Iran, the IDF has said in its latest update.
The military claimed that Israeli fighter jets killed both the head of the Intelligence Directorate in the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff and the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's (IRGC) surface-to-surface missile array.
It added: "Since the beginning of the operation, over 20 commanders in the Iranian regime's security apparatus have been eliminated."
According to the IDF, the head of the Intelligence Directorate in the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff, Gholam-Reza Marhabi, was responsible for intelligence situational assessments for the Iranian Armed Forces and was considered Iran's most senior intelligence officer.
The statement added: "Marhabi played a key role in intelligence evaluations, operational planning, and combat preparations against Israel in the past year and before."
The commander of the IRGC's surface-to-surface missile array, General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, oversaw most of Iran's long-range surface-to-surface and cruise missile capabilities, according to the IDF.
"These capabilities serve as the regime's primary offensive tools against the State of Israel.
"Bagheri managed Iran's firepower systems and played an active role in the decision-making processes behind Iran's attacks on Israel in April and October 2024."
