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Israeli Strike on Tehran Kills Bodyguard of Slain Hezbollah Chief
TEHRAN, IRAN, JUN 21 – The airstrike killed three key Iran-aligned figures, including a senior Iraqi commander, amid nine days of escalating Israeli-Iranian hostilities, officials said.
- Israeli airstrikes killed Hussein Khalil, former bodyguard of slain Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, and a senior Iraqi commander in Tehran on June 21, 2025.
- The strikes follow Israel's unprecedented attacks on Iran, citing Tehran's nuclear weapons threat, while Iran denies seeking such weapons.
- Khalil and the Iraqi commander's deaths occurred during ongoing nine consecutive days of Israeli airstrikes targeting Iranian assets amid missile and drone clashes over Iraq.
- Five children suffered moderate injuries from missile debris near Dujail in Iraq, where airspace closure affected commercial flights, illustrating escalation spillover.
- The killings mark heightened Israel-Iran hostilities and strain regional stability, with Hezbollah yet to confirm Khalil's death amid continued tit-for-tat strikes.
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Ex-bodyguard of slain Hezbollah leader killed in Israeli strike
A former bodyguard for Hassan Nasrallah, the slain leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah, was killed Saturday in an Israeli strike in Iran, an official from the group said. For more than a week, Israel has been carrying out waves of air attacks on Iranian targets in the foes' worst confrontation in history. Israel assassinated Nasrallah in a strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on 27 September last year, during a war that left Hezbollah severely weakened…
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His former bodyguard Hussein Khalil was killed in IranAn Iraqi border guard officer said Khalil and a member of an Iraqi armed group were killed by “an Israeli drone strike“BEIRUT: A former bodyguard for Hassan Nasrallah, the slain leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, was killed Saturday in an Israeli strike in Iran, an official from the Tehran-backed militant group said.For more
Killed Hezbollah head Hassan Nasrallah's former bodyguard killed in Israeli strikes in Tehran
A source said Abu Ali Khalil, who served as a bodyguard for Hezbollah’s slain chief, had been on a religious pilgrimage when he met up with a member of the Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada group.
Israeli Strike on Tehran Kills Bodyguard of Slain Hezbollah Chief
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