Despite assessments that the Israeli-attributed killing of the Iranian general will not lead to war, the IDF is preparing for that scenario. This underlies the IDF spokesperson's statement yesterday about the IDF chief approving operational plans in the Northern Command – a message to the other side that Israel is ready.  

A source privy to the developments in the forum stated that since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October, most of the forum's managerial backbone has been mobilized in the IDF reserves under the emergency call-up notices and that its main activity revolved around assisting the war effort and national strategy in the political and economic contexts of achieving victory in the war.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in a statement that seven Iranian military advisors died in the strike including Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander in its Quds Force, which is an elite foreign espionage and paramilitary arm.

World Central Kitchen, the charity founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, said it was aware of the reports and would "share more information when we have gathered all the facts." Mahmoud Thabet, a Palestinian Red Crescent paramedic who was on the team that brought the bodies to the hospital, told The Associated Press the workers were in a three-car convoy that was crossing out of northern Gaza when an Israeli missile hit.

The airstrike led to damage to the Iranian embassy in Damascus