Trump: Netanyahu withdrew from the plan to assassinate Soleimani at the last minute. Former US President Donald Trump said that Israel was part of the plan.
On January 3, 2020, SoleIMani and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, deputy head of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, were killed as a result of their convoy being targeted by two Hellfire missiles near Baghdad International Airport. American forces carried out retaliatory strikes in Iraq and Syria against the Quds Force and the militias loyal to it.