The Israel Defense Forces said it eliminated Daoud Ali Zada, deputy to Hassan Mahdawi, in an airstrike guided by military intelligence. According to the IDF, Ali Zada was the highest-ranking Iranian commander overseeing operations in Lebanon and played a key role in coordinating between Iran’s Quds Force and Hezbollah

Israel struck a building in Qom where senior clerics were reportedly gathered to select a successor to slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The rare meeting of the Assembly of Experts comes after Khamenei’s assassination, with Israel also reporting parallel strikes in Tehran and Isfahan