Tel Aviv/Tehran, June 14 -- The chiefs of Iran's military intelligence and the IRGC's ballistic missile unit were killed in the Israeli strikes on Friday, the IDF has said.

In all, some 20 top military Iranian commanders have been killed since Israel launched its operation against Iran on Friday, the IDF said.

Gholam-Reza Marhabi, head of the intelligence department of the Iranian Armed Forces, was killed in Israel's opening strikes early Friday, the IDF said.

Marhabi "was responsible for intelligence situational assessments for the Iranian Armed Forces and was considered Iran's most senior intelligence officer."

"Marhabi played a key role in intelligence evaluations, operational planning, and combat preparations against Israel in the p...