Israel claims 2nd IRGC drone warfare commander killed

Israel’s military claimed to have killed a second commander in the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Al Jazeera reported.

In a statement shared on social media, the Israeli military said air force warplanes targeted the commander – referred to by the Israelis as Amin Pour Jodkhi – whom it accused of overseeing the launch of “hundreds” of UAV drones towards Israel from the southwest of Iran.

The Israeli military said it had earlier assassinated Tahar Fur, another commander of the IRGC’s drone force, on June 13, and Jodkhi had “assumed a central role in the command’s operations” since then.