Iranian military chiefs on Wednesday launched a wave of missiles at Israel as they vowed to avenge the death of security chief Ali Larijani during an Israeli strike on Tuesday.

The US-Israeli strike also reportedly killed Gholamreza Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s Basij forces, further intensifying the impact on Iran’s leadership structure.

The confirmation of Ali Larijani’s death came after Israel announced it had eliminated Iran’s national security chief—considered the most senior figure after Ali Khamenei in the ongoing war

An elderly couple was killed in an Iranian missile strike in Tel Aviv as Tehran targeted civilians in retaliation for the assassination of Ali Larijani.

A 2006 Guardian interview with Iran’s slain security chief now reads as a grim warning of the conflict that killed him

Once viewed as an Iranian that Washington could deal with, Ali Larijani died as Tehran’s military overlord in command of its ferocious response to attack by the U.S. and Israel. Israel said Tuesday it killed Iran’s top national-security official in an airstrike,