As Israel-Iran conflict entered its second week on Saturday, Israel claimed the killing of two senior commanders in Iran’s elite Quds Force and confirmed airstrikes on a nuclear research site in Isfahan.
The Israeli military said it had “eliminated” Behnam Shahriyari, a senior Quds Force official, in a targeted strike on his vehicle in western Iran.
Shahriyari, who was sanctioned by the United States and accused by Britain of supporting armed groups across the region, had reportedly overseen weapons transfers to Iranian proxies in Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq and the Palestinian territories.
Earlier in the day, the Israel Defence Forces said another Quds Force commander, Saeed Izadi, had also been killed.
In a briefing to reporters, IDF spokesperson Rear Adm. Ephraim Defrin described the two as key figures in Iran’s efforts to escalate the conflict on Israeli soil.
“They were at the forefront of the Iranian project of pushing the war into Israel’s territory,” he said.
Defrin also confirmed that Israeli warplanes struck Iran’s nuclear complex in Isfahan for a second time, calling the ongoing operation “one of the most complex wars in Israel’s history.”
He warned that the country must prepare for a “prolonged campaign” and said military objectives inside Iran had not yet been fully achieved.
“We’ll continue until the existing threat is removed,” he said.
