Iranian media reported that the Israeli dawn raids targeting the Iranian capital, Tehran, and several other cities and provinces in the Islamic Republic killed Ahmadreza Zolfaghari, a professor at the Faculty of Nuclear Engineering at Shahid Beheshti University.
Persian reports confirmed the deaths of both Revolutionary Guard Commander Hossein Salami and the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Mohammad Bagheri.
In the same context, the Israeli occupation army launched the military operation, codenamed "Rising Lion," according to what an Israeli military official revealed to the Israel Times.
The official added that the United States had prior knowledge of the operation.