The Jerusalem Post reports: “Iranian state media confirmed the killing of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Commander Maj.-Gen. Hossein Salami and Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff, Maj.-Gen. Mohammad Bagheri in the opening strike of Israel’s Operation Rising Lion early Friday morning.

The IDF later confirmed the killing of IRGC air force commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh, along with other senior IRGC air force officials as they met in an underground command center on Friday.

This included the commander of the IRGC’s UAV Force, Taher-pour, and IRGC aerial command chief, Davoud Shaykhian.

The IDF on Friday afternoon confirmed Defense Minister Israel Katz’s earlier statement, noting that the Iran IRGC Air Force Chief, drone chief, and air defense chief were all killed by airstrikes.

More specifically, the IDF said that these officials had directed the massive Iranian attacks on Israel in both April 2024 and October 2024, as well as the Iranian attacks on Saudi Arabia in 2019…”