Additionally, Israel’s Defense Minister Yisrael Kac confirmed that the military had received unprecedented approval to kill high-ranking Iranian officials without the need for further approval.
Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Kac announced on Wednesday that Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib was killed in a nighttime attack in Tehran. The Iranian side has not yet confirmed his death. TASR writes about it according to the AP and Reuters agencies.
Kac said in a statement that he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had instructed the military to kill any other high-ranking Iranian official without the need for further approval for such a move.
Reward for Chatíb
Khatib was among the members of Iran’s top leadership for whom the United States had issued a $10 million bounty last week.
If Tehran confirms his death, he will be another high-ranking representative of the Iranian regime who was killed in Israeli attacks in recent days. On Tuesday, Israel announced the death of the head of Iran’s National Security Council, Ali Larijani, and the commander of the Basij paramilitary forces, Gholamreza Soleimani.
At the same time, Kac announced further military actions. “Today, significant surprises are expected on all fronts that will intensify the war we are waging against Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon,” he said during a security briefing.
