Could Mossad kill IRGC air force chief to open up striking Iran nuke program?

Jerusalem Post - 15/04
Sources: Simply destroying Iran’s Fordow nuke facility 'worthless,' diluting uranium gains limited time.

With Israel concerned that the Trump administration may cut a weak new nuclear deal with Iran, one way out of such a scenario could be a theoretical Mossad operation that kills the key Iranian official who ordered 400 ballistic missiles fired on Israel in 2024, think tank sources conjectured to The Jerusalem Post.

The purpose of such a theoretical scenario would be to provoke the Islamic Republic into a new direct attack on the Jewish state, which could then be used as a new basis for a wide strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities even after a new nuclear deal would have been cut with Trump.

Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps air force chief, publicly declared his role in trying to harm Israel in multiple rounds of attacking it with around 400 ballistic missiles in 2024.

A number of Israeli and American officials even discussed his being assassinated in October 2024 as a potential Israeli response to Tehran’s seco...
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