Shafaq News- Middle East (Updated at 16:05)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday claimed that Israel killed Alireza Tangsiri, commander of the naval forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in an overnight strike carried out in coordination with the United States.

Netanyahu linked Tangsiri to efforts to block the Strait of Hormuz, presenting the operation as evidence of close US–Israeli coordination “toward the common goal of achieving the objectives of the war.”

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, during a security briefing earlier today, framed the strike as “a message” to the IRGC, warning that Israeli forces “will hunt you down and eliminate you one by one.”

Meanwhile, Israeli media reported that Tangsiri was killed in an airstrike in the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas, describing the development as “a significant blow” to the IRGC.

Iranian authorities have not issued any official confirmation or comment on the reported strike.