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Israel says Khamenei ‘cannot continue to exist’ after missile strikes
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Thursday said Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ‘cannot continue to exist’, following a wave of Iranian missile strikes including one that struck near the Soroka Medical Centre in Beersheba.
Touring the impact site in Holon, Katz declared, “A dictator like Khamenei, who has made the destruction of Israel his mission, cannot continue to exist.”
Katz said the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had been instructed accordingly and drew parallels between the current situation and the Holocaust. “If the State of Israel and the IDF had existed during the Holocaust, we would have gone into Hitler’s bunker and eliminated him. Khamenei is the modern Hitler,” he said.
“The Prime Minister and I have directed the IDF (army) to escalate the intensity of strikes against strategic targets in Iran and governmental targets in Tehran to neutralize threats to the State of Israel and undermine the Ayatollah regime,” Katz said on his official X account.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also vowed that Iran would “pay the price” for its precision missile strikes targeting military facilities in central Israel early on Thursday.
According to Israeli public broadcaster KAN, some 20-30 Iranian missiles hit Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, and Holon, as well as Soroka Hospital in the southern city of Beersheba.
Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported that the missiles targeted the headquarters of the Israeli army and intelligence service near Soroka Hospital and that the blast wave caused injuries at the hospital.
At least 65 Israelis were injured in the new wave of missile strikes, according to Israeli authorities.
Source: Dawn News