Israel kills Iran’s war chief in Tehran airstrike

The Israel-Iran conflict entered its fifth day, and hostilities between the two nations continued to escalate. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Tuesday, June 17, claimed that it had killed Ali Shadmani, Iran’s wartime chief of staff and close aide of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in an overnight strike. This was followed by Iran launching an attack on Israel’s intelligence agency,



Mossad.

“Following accurate intelligence received by the Intelligence Branch and a sudden opportunity during the night, Air Force fighter jets attacked a manned headquarters in the heart of Tehran and killed Ali Shadmani, the Chief of Staff of the War, the most senior military commander and the man closest to Iranian leader Ali Khamenei,” the IDF said in a post on X.