section_path: Strikes by Israel/17 June
section_name: 17 June
paragraph_text: 17 June
  
  Trump called for the complete evacuation of Tehran, declared that "we now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran", and called for Iran's " unconditional surrender " while threatening to assassinate Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. He also convened the US national security council. Vice President JD Vance has indicated that the United States may join the war against Iran.
  
  The IDF assassinated Major-General Ali Shadmani just days after he was appointed as a commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters. After replacing Lt. Gen. Gholam Ali Rashid following his death, Shadmani became the highest ranking Iranian military commander, serving as Iran's "war chief of staff" and heading both the IRGC and the Iranian Armed Forces, according to the IDF. According to The Jerusalem Post, Shadmani was killed alongside dozens of IRGC officers after they evacuated to a secret base hidden inside of the mountains outside Tehran.
  
  Israel said that it conducted "several extensive strikes" on military targets in western Iran, targeting missile launchers and UAV storage facilities. The IDF posted a video of their aircraft destroying Iranian F-14 fighter jets on the ground. It also showed a video of them destroying a rocket launcher holding three missiles. According to Mehr News Agency, an Israeli rocket hit a checkpoint in Kashan, killing three people and injuring four others. Israeli forces struck a residential building in Tehran, according to IRNA, which also reported that three people were rescued from the rubble by the Red Crescent. Fars News Agency reported that the state-owned Bank Sepah was targeted in a cyberattack. According to reports from Iran International and other news outlets, the hacker group Predatory Sparrow has officially claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on the bank. Bank Sepah is reported to have deep connections to the IRGC and the Iranian Army.
  
  The IAEA said that it is likely that underground facilities in Natanz were damaged by Israeli attacks. Israeli jets hit Iranian missile launchers in western Iran. The Iranian Army claimed to have shot down 28 "hostile aircraft" including a spy drone. Israel denied the claims.
  
  The IDF announced that it conducted heavy strikes against Iranian ballistic missile launchers in Isfahan using 60 fighter jets, saying that missile sites in western Iran had been evacuated due to earlier attacks. The IDF said that 12 missile storage and launch sites were hit during the attacks.