- Israel claims to have killed Gholamreza Soleimani, head of Iran’s Basij force, and Ali Larijani, its top security chief, in an overnight strike.
- Defence minister Israel Katz stated the deaths occurred during the third week of the US-Israeli war on Iran.
- Tehran has not confirmed the deaths, instead claiming a message from Larijani would be published soon.
- Iran attacked the US embassy in Baghdad with rockets and drones, described by local officials as the most intense assault on the building since the war began.
- This attack was part of a fresh wave of assaults by Tehran across the Middle East, with at least 2,000 fatalities reported in the ongoing conflict.
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