Israel’s Netanyahu says ‘many signs’ Iran’s Khamenei is dead
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli-US strikes in Iran had destroyed the compound of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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- Israeli PM Netanyahu stated Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was likely killed in a US-Israeli strike on his Tehran compound.
- Israeli TV networks (Kan, Channel 12) reported Khamenei's death, but Tehran offered no official confirmation.
- Netanyahu pledged the "decisive" US-Israeli operation would continue, targeting thousands and eliminating senior figures in Iran's regime.
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JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that there were signs that Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in an attack on his compound as part of US-Israeli strikes.
“This morning, in a powerful surprise strike, the compound of the tyrant Ali Khamenei was destroyed in the heart of Tehran,” Mr Netanyahu said, in a televised statement.
“For more than three and a half decades, this cruel tyrant has spread terror across the world while oppressing his own people, while working tirelessly and without pause on a plan to destroy Israel,” he added.
“That plan is no more – and there are many signs that this tyrant is no longer alive,” Mr Netanyahu said.
Two Israeli television networks reported that Ayatollah Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli attacks on Iran, while there was no confirmation from Tehran.
“Ali Khamenei is dead,” reported public broadcaster Kan on its X account.
Israel’s Channel 12, citing a source, said: “Khamenei is dead.”
During the televised address, Mr Netanyahu also said that the “decisive” US-Israeli operation would last “as long as necessary”.
“This morning we eliminated senior figures in the ayatollahs’ regime – commanders in the Revolutionary Guards and senior officials in the nuclear programme – and we will continue,” Mr Netanyahu said.
“In the coming days, we will strike thousands of targets of the terror regime,” he added. AFP
