IDF confirms IRGC intel chief killed; Quds Force commander also eliminated in strike

Iraq Senior Israeli official: Khademi 'kept moving, relocating, but ultimately he was hunted down'Trump hints at potential Iran deal amid ongoing negotiations US Special Forces launched a daring mission to rescue a downed F-15E weapons systems officer deep inside Iran. President Donald Trump confirmed the mission and issued a 48-hour ultimatum for an Iran deal, threatening to blow up everything and take over oil. Trump also vowed to hit Iran's power plants and bridges. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Israel announced that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' intelligence chief Brig. Gen. Majid Khademi was killed in a precision strike, with an Israeli official noting that Quds Force’s special operations commander Asghar Bagheri was eliminated at the same time. In a statement posted on X, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed Khademi's killing, accusing him of helping advance terrorist attacks abroad and overseeing surveillance of Iranian civilians as part of the regime’s crackdown on domestic protests."Khademi wasn’t just any figure, he was effectively No. 2 within the IRGC, one of the few senior commanders who managed to survive multiple waves of Israeli and American targeting over the past year — until now," a senior Israeli official told Fox News. "He kept moving, relocating, but ultimately he was hunted down and eliminated. "He oversaw an intelligence apparatus that repeatedly failed to detect or prevent major Israeli and U.S. operations, including a series of strategic surprises that exposed deep vulnerabilities inside Iran’s security system."