🎯 IDF ELIMINATES IRANIAN GENERAL IN TEHRAN, TARGETS IRGC AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS, AS CHIEF OF STAFF WARNS HEZBOLLAH IS “AN EXTREMIST ARM OF IRAN”

🎯 IDF TARGETS IRGC AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS IN TEHRAN: The IDF said that, guided by military intelligence, Israeli forces targeted the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Air Force Headquarters during wide-scale strikes on dozens of Iranian regime targets.

According to the military, the headquarters served as the main command-and-control center directing the regime’s air force activity. Iran’s ballistic missile command, UAV array, and other air force units operated from the site.

The headquarters was also responsible for producing the operational situational picture and planning missile attacks against the State of Israel and other countries in the region.

The strike was described as part of a concentrated effort to dismantle Iran’s ballistic missile array and impair the regime’s ability to synchronize and coordinate attacks against the State of Israel.

🎯 IRANIAN GENERAL ABOLGHASEM BABAEIAN ELIMINATED IN TEHRAN STRIKE: The IDF confirmed that Abolghasem Babaeian was eliminated in a strike in Tehran on Saturday.

Defense Minister Israel Katz had earlier said Babaeian was the military secretary to Iran’s supreme leader and had been appointed last week despite the supreme leader role being vacant.

The IDF said the strike followed “real-time emerging intelligence.” Israeli Air Force fighter jets took off for Iran while the intelligence was still being consolidated, and within approximately 50 minutes of the information being received, the aircraft launched the munitions that killed Babaeian.

According to the military, Babaeian was also chief of staff at the Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, Iran’s military emergency command. The IDF said that, in addition to being the intended head of the military bureau of the supreme leader, he was responsible for coordinating between regime bodies to advance actions against the State of Israel and to operate the regime’s emergency mechanisms.

The military said Babaeian had been appointed after Mohammad Shirazi, the previous chief of Ali Khamenei’s military bureau, was killed in the opening strikes of the war alongside the supreme leader.

⚠️ IDF CHIEF OF STAFF: HEZBOLLAH IS “AN EXTREMIST ARM OF IRAN”: IDF Chief of Staff LTG Eyal Zamir held a situational assessment Sunday at the Home Front Command with Home Front Command commander MG Shay Klapper, the commander of the Aerial Defense Array, and additional senior officers.

During the assessment, Zamir confirmed that Israeli forces operated overnight in Beirut against commanders of Iran’s Quds Force, the external arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He stated: “there is no safe place for the Iranian axis anywhere in the Middle East - not in Beirut and not anywhere else.”

Zamir also addressed the heavy rocket fire launched overnight toward northern Israeli communities and referred to an operational incident during the night. He offered condolences to the families of the fallen and wished a speedy recovery to the wounded.

Describing Hezbollah as “an extremist arm of the Iranian octopus,” Zamir said the group is already paying and will continue to pay a heavy price for its actions.

He emphasized that Israel has been in a prolonged state of emergency for nearly two years and warned that the conflict will require persistence and patience. According to Zamir, the side that prevails will be the one that demonstrates determination over time.

Addressing the Israeli public, he acknowledged the frequent need for civilians to enter protected spaces due to ongoing attacks and urged residents to continue following Home Front Command instructions.

He concluded by describing the campaign as “the war of our generation,” saying the outcome will determine Israel’s future and security for many years to come.

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