2 IRG commanders, 6 nuclear scientists killed in Israeli airstrikes

Israel believes the chief of Iran’s military, Mohammad Bagheri, other members of the military’s top brass, and senior nuclear scientists were eliminated in the IDF’s opening strikes on Iran, a defense official says. The likelihood of their deaths are “increasing,” the official says. The chief-commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Hossein Salami as well as senior IRGC commander Gholamali Rashid and Six Iranian nuclear scientists were killed in the Israeli airstrikes earlier in the day, IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News Agency reported Friday. The individuals named were Abdolrahim Minouchehr, Ahmadreza Zolfaghari, Seyed Amirhossein Faghihi, Matlabi-Zadeh, Mehdi Tehranchi, and Fereydoun Abbasi. All were described as affiliated with Iran’s nuclear program.  
An unnamed defense official tells Army Radio: “The opening strike included air defense targets, [strikes on] surface-to-surface missiles, and a wide wave of senior Iranian officials being neutralized, timed with great precision — simultaneously hitting the Iranian General Staff and nuclear scientists across Iran.” He adds: “If this opening strike succeeded — then what we did to senior Hezbollah officials over 10 days — we did to Iran in 10 minutes.”
Iranian state media says there have been a number of deaths after residential buildings in the Iranian capital were hit in an Israeli strike. “Several buildings in Tehran… have been targeted by attacks,” the official IRNA news agency said, naming neighborhoods in multiple locations in the capital.