Israel says killed Iran national security chief Larijani
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Iran's powerful national security chief Ali Larijani was "eliminated last night", along with the commander of Tehran's Basij paramilitary force.
"I have just been updated by the Chief of Staff that Larijani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, and the head of the Basij -— Iran's central repression apparatus -— (Soleimani), were eliminated last night," Katz said in a statement released by his ministry.
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The enemy to the South again proves that they can kill the individual leaders they choose anywhere they might be, at will. And that they can do it from afar without having to invade and conquer. ... ... And yet, Hezbollah's current military and political leaders take no heed of the long arc of history which does not bend in favor of a Shia-led expansion of Islamic culture as they still dream.
