TEL AVIV, 22 December 2021, (TON): Israel's former military intelligence chief admitted Tel Aviv's involvement in the US airstrike that killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in January last year, making it the first public admittance of the country's involvement in the operation.

Soleimani, led the elite Quds Force of Iran's Revolutionary Guard and was believed to have led Iran's involvement with the paramilitary groups operating overseas.

Associated Press reported “he was killed in a US drone strike conducted at Baghdad Airport.”

Just a week following the strike, NBC News had reported that it was Israel intelligence that helped gather details of the late general's Damascus-Baghdad flight.

Moreover, according to media reports, Israel had access to Soleimani’s numbers and it had conveyed the information to the US.

Maj Gen Tamir Heyman, a former Israel general who led the military intelligence until October, is the first official fo confirm Tel Aviv's involvement in the murder.

The comments first appeared in November in a Hebrew-language magazine known to be closely linked to Israel's intelligence services.