6m ago
10.35 GMT
Iran's
intelligence minister Esmail Khatib killed in strike, Israel defence minister
says
The
Israeli defence minister, Israel Katz, has claimed that Iran’s intelligence
minister, Esmail Khatib, was killed in a strike overnight.
“On this
day, significant surprises are expected across all arenas that will escalate
the war we are conducting against Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon,” Katz said
during a briefing with military officials, according to Israeli media.
Iranian
intelligece minister Esmail Khatib sat in a meeting of the assembly of experts
in Tehran.
“The
intensity of the strikes in Iran is increasing. The Iranian intelligence
minister Khatib was also eliminated overnight.”
He added
that the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had authorised the
military “to assassinate any senior Iranian official ... without the need for
additional approval”.
It comes
a day after Iran confirmed the deaths of its security chief, Ali Larijani, and
Basij force commander Gholamreza Soleimani.
There was
no immediate comment from Iran on Khatib’s reported assassination.
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