Israel kills Iran's top military commander 4 days after he was appointed to post
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Tuesday said it has eliminated Iran's war-time Chief of Staff Ali Shadmani, who was appointed to the post four days ago. Shadmani, Iran's senior-most military official and Ayatollah Khamenei's closest military advisor, was killed in an airstrike in Tehran, IDF said. Shadmani's predecessor Lt Gen Gholamali Rashid was also killed in a recent Israeli attack.