Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his family members have taken shelter in bunkers since Israel launched airstrikes on June 13 on Iran. Khamenei is hiding in a shelter at Lavizan. He had taken shelter in April 2024 and December.
Iran’s Top Intelligence officials killed
The Iranian state media has corroborated that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ intelligence chief, Brigadier General Mohammad Kazemi, and his deputy, Hassan Mohaqiq, were killed in an Israeli strike, The Times of Israel reported.
The Times Of Israel also reported that a third IRGC intelligence chief, Mohsen Bagheri, was also killed in the strike in Tehran.
Report: Israel gave Khamenei a final chance
Additionally, Israel did not assassinate Khamenei on the first night of the operation to give him a final chance to completely ditch his uranium enrichment program, The Times of Israel reported, citing its sources.
Israel targeted infrastructure belonging to IRGC
The Israel Defence Forces said it completed an “extensive” wave of airstrikes in Iran aimed at destroying weapon manufacturing capabilities. The strikes targeted infrastructure belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Guards’ Quds Force, and Iran’s armed forces, the IDF said.
“Numerous weapons production sites across Iran were targeted,” the military said.
Meanwhile, Magen David Adom, Israel’s national emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service, updated the number of those injured in the latest Iranian ballistic missile attack to eight.
People sustained minor injuries
In Haifa, a missile impact moderately injured one person, and another six were lightly hurt. In a southern town near Kiryat Gat, one person was lightly injured.
It says an additional four people in Haifa and five others in southern Israel were treated for acute anxiety as a result of the missile impact.
