Israel's defense minister said Tuesday that the military killed top Iranian security official Ali Larijani in an overnight strike. The military also announced it killed Gen. Gholam Reza Soleimani, the head of the Revolutionary Guard’s all-volunteer Basij force.

Tensions continue to escalate in West Asia as Iran continue to attack regional countries in the West Asia. The conflict which began on February 28, after US and Israel attacked Iran, shows no sign of slowing down.

The actions by the standby squad prevented a potentially serious hit near a residential area, with the police informing that the drone was loaded with explosives. Members of an emergency standby

The conflict between Iran, Israel, and the United States has entered its 13th day with escalating attacks across the region. Iran has launched a new drone strike on Israel using Arash drones after earlier deploying Shahed drones.

Hezbollah fired around 200 rockets and drones at Israel overnight, Israel’s military said, in a sharp escalation that shows the Iranian-backed Lebanese militia is still an effective fighting force after being battered by Israel in earlier fighting.

Iran has aimed to keep the much more powerful US military and its allies off balance through proxies in Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen. Hezbollah in Lebanon, for example, has fired missiles and drones into northern Israel since March 2 as part of Iran’s retaliatory strikes.

Kamal Kharazi, foreign policy adviser to Iran's supreme leader, on Tuesday there is no room for diplomacy with the US and that the Iranian army is ready for a long war.