Jerusalem, Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday there were “many signs” that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been killed following Israeli-U.S. strikes that he said destroyed Khamenei’s compound.
Netanyahu claims strikes destroyed Khamenei’s compound
In a video statement, Netanyahu said: “This morning we destroyed the compound of the tyrant Khamenei.” He added: “There are many signs that this tyrant is no longer.”
Claims of further targets and senior officials eliminated
Netanyahu said the strikes had also eliminated senior Iranian officials, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders and key figures in the country’s nuclear programme.
“This morning we eliminated senior officials in the ayatollahs’ regime, Revolutionary Guards commanders, senior figures in the nuclear programme – and we will continue. In the next few days, we will hit thousands more targets of the terror regime,” he said.
Accusations against Iran’s supreme leader
Netanyahu accused Khamenei of having “dispatched terrorism across the world, made his own people miserable, and worked constantly and tirelessly on a programme to annihilate the state of Israel” over more than three decades.
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