IRGC says spokesman killed in US-Israeli missile attack

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has confirmed its spokesman, General Ali Mohammad Naeini, was killed in a US-Israeli missile strike on Friday, The Caspian Post reports, citing Tasnim news agency.

In a statement, the IRGC condemned the strike, vowing retaliation and reaffirming its resolve against imperialist aggression.

Naini was quoted earlier on Friday by Fars news agency as rebuking comments made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Iran could no longer produce ballistic missiles, with Naini saying, "even under wartime conditions we continue missile production."

The latest attacks come after another night of Iranian attacks on energy sites in the Gulf with a fire breaking out at Kuwait's Mina al-Ahmadhi refinery following an Iranian strike, with parts of the refinery being shut down.

Israel was also struck by an Iranian barrage, with the country's health ministry saying that over 4,000 people have been admitted to hospital since the start of the war, including 80 currently hospitalised. US-Israeli strikes on Iran have killed 1,444 people and wounded a further 18,551.