Israel: "Iran's Intelligence Minister Eliminated... Surprises Await Our Enemies"

Israel announced on March 18 (local time) that it has eliminated Iran's Minister of Intelligence.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed during a situation assessment meeting that "Esmail Khatib, Iran's Minister of Intelligence, was killed in an overnight airstrike on Tehran."

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He went on to state, "There will be another critical surprise attack today," emphasizing that "a surprise escalation of the war is planned against all Iranian and Lebanese Hezbollah targets on every front."

Minister Katz also revealed that the Israeli military has been granted full authority to immediately eliminate any high-ranking Iranian official without any additional approval process.

As a result, Israel's assassination operations targeting Iran's leadership are expected to intensify in the future.

Previously, on February 28, Israel, together with the United States, conducted a targeted airstrike against Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In addition, just the previous day, Ali Larijani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, and Gholamreza Soleimani, Commander-in-Chief of the Basij militia, were also killed.

Israel Katz, Israeli Minister of Defense (center), is holding a situation assessment meeting with the Israeli military leadership. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

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