Israel’s Defence Minister, Israel Katz, has stated that the country would have killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during the recent war between the two nations If the opportunity arisen.
“If he had been in our sight, we would have taken him out”, Katz told Israel’s radio station, Kan, on Thursday evening. He added that the military had “searched a lot”.
According to Katz, Khamenei was aware of the threat and went into deep hiding. “He went very deep underground, broke off contacts with commanders… so in the end, it wasn’t realistic”, he said.
Speaking later to Channel 13, Kats said that Israel had halted its assassination attempt following the ceasefire.
“There is a ceasefire and after the ceasefire”, he explained.
During the war, Katz has declared that Khamenei “can no longer be allowed to exist, a statement that followed reports suggesting the U.S vetoed Israeli plans to target him.
On Kan,Katz also issued in a warning: “He should stay inside a bunker. He should learn from the late Nasrallah” referencing former Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah who was killed in Beirut airstrike in September 2024.
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