Iran launched a barrage of what it said were multiple-warhead missiles aimed at central Israel on Wednesday to avenge the deaths of two of its top security officials, who were killed in overnight Israeli strikes the day prior, as the war enters day 19.
In a major blow to the Islamic Republic’s leadership, Israel announced on Tuesday that its strikes in Tehran eliminated Gholam Reza Soleimani, the IRGC’s all-volunteer Basij paramilitary unit chief, and top security official Ali Larijani, who served as secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
