Dubai, Jun 13 (AP) An Israeli airstrike killed Gen Mohammad Bagheri, the chief of staff of Iran's armed forces, Iranian state television reported Friday.

Bagheri is a former top commander within Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.

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The state TV report offered no further details.

Multiple military officials and scientists have been killed in the Israeli attack Friday on sites across Iran. (AP)

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