Defense Minister Israel Katz reported the death of Esmaeil Khatib a day after announcing the deaths of two of the Iranian regime’s most senior officials.

Israel’s defense minister said that Israel had killed Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib. Israel Katz said Israel would hunt down all of Iran’s leadership. “Israel’s policy is clear and unequivocal: No one in Iran has immunity,

Israel killed two senior Iranian security officials in a major blow to the Islamic Republic’s leadership as it faces its greatest test in decades, and Iran responded Wednesday with renewed missile and drone attacks on its Gulf Arab neighbors and Israel.

Rocket trails are seen in the sky amid a new barrage of Iranian missile attacks above the Israeli coastal city of Netanya, on March 18, 2026 [Jack Guez/AFP] Iran has fired deadly cluster missiles at central Israel in what it says is “revenge” for Israel’s assassination of its security chief Ali Larijani,

Israel says Iran's intelligence minister Esmail Khatib has been killed in an overnight strike - read more about him. It comes after Iran's top security official Ali Larijani was a

President Donald Trump's claims of a lack of support to secure the Strait of Hormuz come amid Joe Kent, director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, announcing his resignation on Tuesday.