Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that Chief of the General Staff Eyal Zamir informed him of the deaths of Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, and Gholamreza Soleimani, Commander-in-Chief of the Basij of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in Israeli airstrikes on Tehran early Tuesday, March 16. Katz stated that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Israeli military to continue targeting Iranian leadership and strategic infrastructure.
