In the war against Iran and its allies that it has been waging since October 7, 2023, Israel has established a pattern of wiping out entire slates of enemy leaders.
Last September, Israel shocked Hezbollah and forced it into a humiliating ceasefire by killing its leader Hassan Nasrallah, half its leadership council, and its top military command.
In its opening strikes against Iran in June, Israel swiftly dispatched the Islamic Republic’s multiple top generals and nuclear scientists, among them Revolutionary Guards chief Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami, Armed Forces chief Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, and missile chief Brig. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh.
Two weeks ago, Israeli planes struck a meeting of the Houthi cabinet in Yemen, killing the Houthi prime minister and other senior ministers.
And in the Gaza Strip, all of Hamas’s senior military and civil leaders have been killed over the course of a 23-month campaign.
Published originally on September 9, 2025.
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