Ali Shadmani’ death, which is yet to be confirmed by Iran, will be another addition to several key Iranian military commanders killed by Israel since Friday.

The Iranian military's new head of emergency command was killed in an Israeli Air Force strike only four days after his predecessor was killed in the initial hours of Israel's strikes targeting Iran's nuclear program.

Israel on Friday launched airstrikes on top military and nuclear facilities in Iran in an attempt to take out their nuclear programme and top military officials. Iran has since lost several high-ranking officials including Ali Shadmani,