New information emerged Wednesday night regarding the targeted killing of Maj.-Gen. Ali Shademani, who served as Iran’s wartime chief of staff. He was eliminated by an Israeli Air Force strike on Monday, just days after his predecessor was also taken out in a similar operation last Friday.
Shademani was killed along with numerous other high-ranking officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps at a covert base hidden in the mountains near Tehran. These commanders had evacuated their primary command post in the capital, assuming that the secluded site would provide protection.
Contrary to their expectations, the Israel Defense Forces monitored their movement, allowed them to regroup at the secret facility, and then carried out a strike that killed them all in one decisive blow.
Fox News was the first to disclose these details on Wednesday, and The Jerusalem Post later confirmed the report independently through high-level defense officials.
The elimination of Shademani came on the heels of a similar strike that killed Gholam Ali Rashid, the former head of Khatam al-Anbiya, just days earlier.
According to the IDF, Shademani served as Iran’s “War-Time Chief of Staff, the most senior military commander, and the closest figure to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.”
They also noted that Khatam al-Anbiya is “responsible for managing combat operations and approving Iran’s firepower plans. In his various roles, he directly influenced Iran’s operational plans targeting the State of Israel.”
{Matzav.com}