# The Israel Defense Forces claimed to have killed a senior Iranian commander in a strike on the city of Qom. According to the IDF, Saeed Izadi helped plan Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack on southern Israel, which killed about one-thousand-200 people and saw many others taken to Gaza as hostages. IDF chief Eyal Zamir on Saturday said Izadi has the blood of thousands of Israelis on his hands and called his killing a tremendous intelligence and operational achievement. Iran is yet to confirm Izadi’s killing and has previously denied involvement in Hamas’s attack.
Israel says it killed Iran’s military coordinator with Hamas