India, April 6 -- As the war in the Middle East continues to rage on for over a month now, Iran Guards' intelligence chief has reportedly been killed in US-Israeli strikes.

"Major General Majid Khademi, the powerful and educated head of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was martyred in the criminal terrorist attack by the American-Zionist enemy... at dawn today," said the Guards in a post on their Telegram channel, AFP reported. Follow live updates on Iran-US war

Israel also confirmed Khademi's assassination as defence minister Israel Katz made a chilling warning against top Iran leaders.

"The Revolutionary Guard are shooting at civilians and we are eliminating the leaders of the terrorists," Katz ...