A prominent general in Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard died in an Israeli airstrike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, Iranian media have confirmed.
The killing of Gen. Abbas Nilforushan marks the latest casualty suffered by Iran as the nearly yearlong Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip teeters on the edge of becoming a regional conflict.
His death further ratchets up pressure on Iran to respond.
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The US President Joe Biden administration finds it difficult to predict possible retaliatory measures of Iran and Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah amid the death of the latter's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in the Israeli strike, US media reported on Sunday, citing sources in the White House.
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