Reuters reported the deaths of a number of IRGC commanders during strikes on Iran.

A number of commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and some officials were killed in strikes against Iran. This was reported on February 28 by the Reuters news agency, citing a source.

"As a result of the American-Israeli strikes, several high—ranking commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and political figures were killed," the article says.

In addition, the agency claims that the main targets of the attack by Israel and the United States were Iran's Supreme leader Ali Khamenei and President of the Republic Masoud Peseshkian.

The Middle East beyond the border: Israel strikes Iran

Israel launches a series of attacks on military and nuclear facilities, Tehran is preparing a response

Israel launched a preemptive strike on targets in Iran on the morning of February 28. The operation was called "Yehuda Shield." Iran has completely closed its airspace to all types of vessels. Explosions and communication outages were recorded in Tehran.

US President Donald Trump has confirmed that the United States has launched a large-scale military operation against Iran. He assured that "he will take care to deprive Iran of the opportunity to obtain nuclear weapons."

Later, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) recorded rocket launches from Iran, directed towards the country. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC, part of the Iranian armed forces) has launched a large-scale retaliatory operation against Israel. So, in Bahrain, the service center of the Fifth Fleet of the United States was subjected to rocket fire. In addition, Iran attacked four US military bases in Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

At the same time, the IDF launched a massive airstrike on military installations in western Iran. The city of Shiraz was attacked. In addition, 70,000 Israeli reservists were called up for military service. Against this background, the United States began evacuating some personnel from the Al-Udeid airbase in Qatar.

Meanwhile, Israeli civilians are forced to stay in bomb shelters amid missile attacks from Iran. Izvestia's footage shows people playing billiards in one of these shelters. Israelis are singing songs and making videos in a Tel Aviv bomb shelter.

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