MAJOR UPDATE: Khamenei’s death has been confirmed:
BREAKING: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei confirmed dead after Israeli strike. pic.twitter.com/93y4aFHyod
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It appears that Ayatollah Khamenei has been eliminated by the joint attack on Iran by the US and Israel, with an Israeli official telling the Times of Israel that Khamenei was killed this morning:
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Iran this morning, an Israeli official tells Israeli media.
The Times of Israel also reports that Netanyahu, in a video to the public, said there are many signs that Khamenei is dead:
The signs are growing that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei “is no more,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says in a video statement to the Israeli public.
He says that this morning Israel eliminated IRGC commanders, senior Iranian regime officials, senior nuclear officials, and that in the coming days, “we will hit thousands of targets of the terror regime.”
He says that Israel will create the conditions for the Iranian people to “free itself from the chains of dictatorship.”
The operation against Iran “will continue as long as is necessary,” says Netanyahu, “and stamina is necessary.”
He thanks US President Donald Trump for his “historic leadership.”
“He is a leader who keeps his word,” says Netanyahu.
The premier says the operation will “lead to peace, true peace.”
Netanyahu says Israel went to war to “fundamentally change” the situation in which Iran was on its way to a nuclear weapon that would enable it to drastically increase its threats against its neighbors.
Wow. If this turns out to be verified 100%, then his will be the biggest news of President Trump’s presidency and Netanyahu’s Prime Ministership. What an accomplishment for the peace if he’s finally dead.