IRGC navy chief Alireza Tangsiri killed in ‘precise and lethal operation,’ Israel says

Israel said on Thursday that it had killed Commodore Alireza Tangsiri, the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN).

Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz said Tangsiri had been killed in a “precise and lethal operation” along with other senior naval commanders in an overnight strike.

“The man who was directly responsible for the terrorist operation of mining and blocking the Strait of Hormuz to shipping was blown up and eliminated,” Katz claimed.

Katz said Tangsiri was responsible for military operations in the key waterway that has blocked cargo ships from transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

He said the strike served as a “clear message” to senior Iranian military officials that Israel would hunt them down.

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