Israeli airstrike kills Ali Shamkhani, Iran's former Supreme National Security Council Secretary who rebuilt naval capabilities and was sanctioned by the U.S. after Soleimani's death.

Israel launched an unprecedented decapitation strike of head Iranian figures as part of its wider strikes against Iran, taking out the country’s top nuclear scientists and military leaders. Beginning at around 3:30 a.

As the head of the secretive Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami, was one of the most powerful men in Iran, overseeing its most potent military arm and reporting directly to its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.