Israel says Iranian leader who ordered Strait of Hormuz closure killed in targeted strike

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy Commander Alireza Tangsiri was targeted and killed successful an Israeli attack, Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz has noted.

"Tonight, successful a precise and lethal operation, the IDF eliminated the Commander of the IRGC Navy, Tangsiri, on with elder members of the naval command," Katz noted, according to a translation from Hebrew. "The antheral who was straight liable for the violent enactment of mining and blocking the Strait of Hormuz to navigation has been targeted and eliminated."

"This is simply a wide connection to each elder officials of the Iranian IRGC panic enactment presently ruling Iran: The IDF volition hunt and destruct you 1 by one. I congratulate the IDF connected a cleanable execution," Katz indicated. "This is besides important quality for our American partners, arsenic an look of the IDF's assistance successful reopening the Strait of Hormuz and the historical concern betwixt U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and betwixt our 2 countries and 2 armies."

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The Iranian Revolutionary Guard's navy commander, Alireza Tangsiri, toured an accumulation successful the confederate larboard metropolis of Bandar Abbas, Iran, Friday, Feb. 2, 2024.  (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

The onslaught was executed based connected American and Israeli intelligence, a elder Israeli authoritative indicated to Fox News.

"The caput of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Navy, Alireza Tangsiri, who straight commanded the closure of the Strait of Hormuz — 1 of the world’s astir captious vigor chokepoints — was targeted successful a onslaught overnight, on with his elder operational leadership, including quality and operations chiefs, astatine a covert naval bid center," the authoritative noted. "This targeted onslaught was based connected U.S. and Israeli quality and continues to show however profoundly it is susceptible of penetrating."

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President Donald Trump launched the arguable warfare against Iran successful conjunction with Israel astir 4 weeks ago.

"The Iranian negotiators are precise antithetic and ‘strange.’ They are ‘begging’ america to marque a deal, which they should beryllium doing since they person been militarily obliterated, with zero accidental of a comeback, and yet they publically authorities that they are lone ‘looking astatine our proposal.’ WRONG!!!" Trump declared successful a Thursday greeting Truth Social post. 

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President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arsenic helium arrives astatine the White House connected Sept. 29, 2025, successful Washington, D.C.  (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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"They amended get superior soon, earlier it is excessively late, due to the fact that erstwhile that happens, determination is NO TURNING BACK, and it won’t beryllium pretty!" helium warned.

Fox News' Yael Rotem-Kuriel contributed to this report