Israel’s Minister of Defence Israel Katz says Ali Larijani has been killed.

In a statement, Katz says he was just informed of the top Iranian security official's death following Israeli strikes overnight.

Israeli media are reporting that Ali Larijani was attacked with his son in a hideout apartment.

Israel’s Minister of Defence Israel Katz said Larijani had been “eliminated” and that he and the prime minister had instructed the military to “continue hunting down” Iran’s leadership.

The Iranian security chief had been seen in public last Friday taking part in Quds Day rallies.

He was a former nuclear negotiator for Iran and a close ally of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on the first day of the war.

There’s been no confirmation of his death from Iran.

(Source: BBC)