Israel claims to 'eliminate' key Quds Force official in Iran
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Israel said Mahdi Vafae’i was killed in the central city of Mahallat.
(Dunya News) - The Israeli military claims it successfully targeted a person it described as the head of engineering for the Lebanon Corps in IRGC’s Quds Force.
It said Mahdi Vafae’i was killed in the central city of Mahallat.
It claimed that Vafae’i advanced “underground projects” in Lebanon and Syria for two decades as part of the elite Quds Force, including establishing infrastructure for Hezbollah and managing weapons storage.
ELIMINATED: Mahdi Vafaei, the Head of the Engineering Branch of the Quds Force’s Lebanon Corps in the Mahallat Area in Iran
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) April 1, 2026
Vafaei advanced underground projects across Lebanon and Syria, leading efforts to establish and manage underground terrorist infrastructure sites for…
