The Israeli military killed Alireza Tangsiri, commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy, in an airstrike early Thursday, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a statement.
Earlier, Israel's state-owned Kan TV, citing an Israeli official, reported that Tangsiri was targeted in an Israeli airstrike on an Iranian naval base in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas.
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