India, March 19 -- The Israeli military on Wednesday said that it would not stop its "series of eliminations" of senior Iranian officials, after the country announced it had killed Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib.

"We will continue to hunt down all of the regime's senior officials. The series of eliminations will not stop." AFP quoted military spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin as saying.

Khatib's killing came soon after Israel killed Iran's powerful security chief Ali Larijani, and another powerful figure, Gholamreza Soleimani, head of the Basij paramilitary force.

In the statement, the military spokesperson said that they will continue to "track down and eliminate senior officials" of the regime, calling them murder...