<p ><a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/israel-launches-major-strikes-iran-capital" target="_blank">Israeli strikes on June 13</a> have been confirmed by Iranian media outlets to have targeted at least 2 nuclear facilities in the country, including the Natanz facility which was considered a high priority target. Commander-in-chief of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Major General Hossein Salami has been killed in , and was one of multiple senior officers neutralised in target assassinations. Having served as commander in chief from April 2019, he represents the most senior Iranian officer killed in action other than General Qasem Soleimani, who was <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/five-years-assassinated-mideast-general-soleimanis-vision" target="_blank">killed</a> in an American air strike on January 2, 2020. Revolutionary Guards General Gholamali Rashid has also been killed, as has nuclear physicist Dr. Mohammad Tehranchi, and former nuclear chief Fereydoon Abbasi. </p><p >A number of Western media outlets have reported that alongside air attacks, Israeli operatives have launchd operations on the ground in the country intended to neutralise key missile and air defence sites. Air strikes on air defence facilities in Tabriz have been reported. Successful air strikes on key missile facilities have also been reported, but not confirmed, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reporting that the attacks “hit at the heart of [the Iranian] ballistic missile program.” The Prime Minister added that air operations would continue for “as many days as it takes” to secure Israeli objectives. Iranian retaliatory strikes are anticipated. Despite multiple successes, an attempt to assassinate Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri has reportedly failed, is reported to have failed, with the military leader directing the response to the Israeli attacks unharmed.</p><p ></p>
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