Netanyahu Says Khamenei Assassination Would "End Conflict', Iran Urges Trump Phone Call to Israel
Netanyahu Says Khamenei Assassination Would "End Conflict', Iran Urges Trump Phone Call to Israel
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The Israeli Air Force bombed the offices of Iran's state broadcaster IRIB, a strike Tehran slammed as a "war crime" Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened to strike the "Iranian dictator everywhere," referring to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei The Iranian regime's propaganda and incitement broadcasting authority was struck by the IDF following a wide-scale evacuation of local residents, he said Meanwhile, Netanyahu said he doesn't rule out eliminating Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei n18oc_world n18oc_crux
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