Overview

• The Israel Defense Forces announced that Major General Ali Shadmani was killed in a precision airstrike in Tehran four days after his appointment as wartime chief of staff.
• Shadmani’s death follows the killing of his predecessor, Major General Gholam Ali Rashid, in Israel’s initial missile strikes last Friday.
• Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has vowed a ‘more powerful’ new wave of weapons involving hundreds of drones to retaliate.
• Israel and Iran have exchanged missiles for five straight days, resulting in civilian casualties on both sides.
• G7 leaders reaffirmed Israel’s right to self-defense and President Donald Trump urged Iran to evacuate Tehran, expressing fears of further escalation.