Israel says it killed Iranian commander who helped fund, arm Hamas

The Israel Defense Forces on Saturday revealed it had killed an Iranian commander who for years helped arm and fund Hamas on behalf of the regime Saeed Izadi commander of the Palestine Corps in the Quds Force was killed early Saturday during an Israeli strike in the city of Qom Izadi was also one of the orchestrators of the Oct unprovoked Hamas attack on Israel according to BBC News The blood of thousands of Israelis is on his hands IDF chief Eyal Zamir explained in a declaration calling it a tremendous intelligence and operational achievement ISRAEL SAYS IT KILLED IRAN'S 'SENIOR-MOST MILITARY OFFICIAL'Following the killing of Mohammed Sinwar the head of Hamas armed wing at a hospital in Gaza in May a joint operation between the IDF and the Israel Safeguard Agency ISA discovered an underground command center underneath the hospital Israeli troops located documents in the command center revealing that Hamas military wing had maintained contact with Izadi in fresh months including Sinwar Correspondence between Sinwar and Izadi planning an operation in which Izadi would arm Hamas with million in weapons followed by an additional million in weapons was discovered in the command center the IDF explained TOP ADVISOR TO IRANIAN SUPREME LEADER KILLED IN ISRAELI STRIKES STATE MEDIA SAYS Due to the intensive efforts of the Southern Command the Intelligence Directorate and the ISA these two projects to arm Hamas s military wing in the Gaza Strip with advanced weapons worth tens of millions of dollars did not come to fruition the IDF reported Izadi had been sanctioned by the U S and U K over his ties to the Palestinian militant faction Islamic Jihad which also helped plan the Oct terror attacks The IDF commented later Saturday that it also had killed a second Iranian commander Benham Shariyari during a strike on his bus in Tehran Shariyari had been responsible for all weapons transfers from the Iranian regime to its proxies across the Middle East including missiles and rockets launched by Hezbollah Hamas and the Houthis at Israel the IDF disclosed CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Since the outbreak of the war the IDF has been working to dismantle the military capabilities of the Hamas terrorist organization The IDF will continue to act against any attempt by the Iranian regime to arm and fund the terrorist organizations that threaten the State of Israel and its civilians the IDF explained The elimination of Izadi constitutes a vital blow to the Iranian regime s weapons supply and terror financing architecture