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according to cctv news, senior iranian officials stated on october 6, local time, that ismail qani, the commander of the "quds force" under the islamic revolutionary guards corps, has been missing in lebanon since last week.

ismail kani (source: cctv news)

two senior iranian security officials told reuters that qani went to lebanon after hezbollah's then leader seyyed hassan nasrallah was killed in an israeli airstrike on the 27th of last month. contact was lost after an air strike in dehiye, a southern suburb of the lebanese capital beirut.

the israeli army carried out air strikes on the southern suburbs of beirut from late night on the 3rd to early morning on the 4th, claiming that the targets included the hezbollah intelligence headquarters. many media quoted hezbollah personnel and sources in the lebanese government security department as saying that hashim safiedine, who is regarded as nasrallah's successor, was also missing after the israeli air strike.

a senior iranian official said that qani and safieddin were not together at the time.

regarding whether kani was killed in an israeli airstrike, an israeli army spokesman said that it was still evaluating the results of the airstrike.

data show that in january 2020, the then commander of the "quds force" qasem soleimaniiraqkilled in a u.s. airstrike, carney took over. according to a report on the iranian news tv website, carney gave a speech on the 29th of last month, expressing condolences for the death of nasrallah and emphasizing that iran will continue to stand with hezbollah in lebanon.

the u.s. axios news website previously cited multipleisraelgovernment officials reported that the targets of the israeli air strikes from the 3rd to 4th included safiedine. the israeli military and hezbollah have not confirmed this claim or released information on safiedine's whereabouts.

iranian people hold posters of general soleimani (source: cctv news)

on the same day, an informed source in the iranian armed forces revealed that the islamic republic of iran is "fully prepared" for plans to respond to possible israeli attacks on the country and will implement them "decisively" in the event of aggression.

iran's tasnim news agency reported on the 6th, citing this anonymous source, that iran has a "various target library" in the territories occupied by israel, and the scope of iran's retaliation depends on the nature of israel's actions.

the source said: "the necessary response plans for possible measures against the zionists are fully prepared. if israel takes action, iran will undoubtedly launch a counterattack."

"in iran's plans, there are several types of reciprocal and specific strikes. depending on the type of action the zionists are likely to take, a decision can be made immediately whether to carry out one or more of these strikes."

"operation real commitment 2 shows that we can raze any place we want," the person added.

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu earlier claimed that tel aviv "has the responsibility and the right to defend itself and respond to these attacks - and we will do so".

according to reports, tehran has vowed to respond with multiple forces to any possible renewed aggression by the israeli regime, targeting all of its infrastructure.

jimu news integrates cctv news, reference news, and global times

(source: jimu news)

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