Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israel is "continuing to strike with force" targets of the Iranian government.

In a video statement issued by his office, Netanyahu said the killing of Alireza Tangsiri, commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy, in an overnight Israeli air strike, was "another example of the cooperation between us and our ally, the United States, toward the shared goal of achieving the war's objectives."

Earlier in the day, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz claimed that Tangsiri, along with several other senior Navy officials, was killed in the attack he dubbed "an expression of aid" to the United States in reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Katz said Tangsiri was "directly responsible" for the blockade of the strait, among others.

The Israeli military claimed later that Behnam Rezaei, head of the IRGC Navy's intelligence directorate, was also killed in the attack.

The Iranian side has not commented on the Israeli claims yet.

The Israeli military said early Thursday that it had completed a "wide-scale wave of strikes" in Isfahan, a city in central Iran, and elsewhere in the country. Hours later, Iran launched multiple missile attacks toward Israel, triggering air raid sirens nationwide.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets and drones at northern Israel. At least one direct hit was reported, while fragments fell in several locations, including Tel Aviv, wounding at least eight people and damaging buildings, according to Israel's Magen David Adom ambulance service.

The developments came amid heightened tensions following joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran starting on February 28 that targeted Tehran and other cities, prompting Iranian retaliatory missile and drone attacks against Israel and US targets in the region.