Israeli army kills IRGC soldier in drone strike; Netanyahu officially restarts war with Khamenei?

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that it killed Hussein Mahmoud Marshad al‑Jawhari, a senior member of Iran’s Quds Force, in a precision drone strike in southern Lebanon on December 25. The IDF said the attack hit al‑Jawhari’s moving vehicle in the Ansariyeh area, describing him as a key operative within Unit 840 — the Quds Force’s external operations branch involved in orchestrating attacks from Syria and Lebanon.