The Israel Defense Forces have killed Iranian commander Saeed Izadi, who armed Hamas and helped with the Oct. 7 attack. Iranian commander Benham Shariyari was also killed.
The Israel Defense Forces on Saturday said it had killed an Iranian commander who for years helped arm and fund Hamas on behalf of the regime.
Saeed Izadi, commander of the Palestine Corps in the Quds Force, was killed early Saturday during an Israeli strike in the city of Qom.
Izadi was also “one of the orchestrators” of the Oct. 7, 2023, unprovoked Hamas attack on Israel, according to BBC News.
“The blood of thousands of Israelis is on his hands”, IDF chief Eyal Zamir said in a statement, calling it a “tremendous intelligence and operational achievement.”
Following the killing of Mohammed Sinwar, the head of Hamas’ armed wing, at a hospital in Gaza in May, a joint operation between the IDF and the Israel Security Agency (ISA) discovered an underground command center underneath the hospital.
