Netanyahu says haven't ruled out eliminating Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: Report
Posted on: Jun 16, 2025 22:23 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
As tensions betwixt yisrael and persia persist in to step up, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ABC News that he is not ruling out eliminating Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Netanyahu said that targeting Khamenei would not escalate the ongoing fight between Israel and Iran, but would end it. Follow Iran Israel war live updates
ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl asked Netanyahu about media reports that US President Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan to assassinate Khamanei, to which the Israeli PM responded saying, "It's not going to escalate the conflict, it's going to end the conflict."
"The 'forever war' is what Iran wants, and they're bringing us to the brink of nuclear war. In fact, what Israel is doing is preventing this, bringing an end to this aggression, and we can only do so by standing up to the forces of evil," he told the news outlet.
Responding to a question about whether Israel would target the Iranian supreme leader, Netanyahu said that his country was "doing what we need to do". He further said, “I'm not going to get into the details, but we've targeted their top nuclear scientists,” adding that "it's basically Hitler's nuclear team".
Two US officials had told news agency Reuters on Sunday that Trump had blocked an Israeli plan to kill Ayatollah. One of the sources had said, "Have the Iranians killed an American yet? No. Until they do we’re not even talking about going after the political leadership."
The officials reportedly said that Israeli authorities told the US side about an opportunity they had to eliminate the Iranian supreme leader, but Trump waved them off of the plot.
The Israeli Prime Minister's statement comes just hours after Iran said that it was planning the “largest and most intense missile attack” Israel has ever seen.
Amid the ongoing conflict, both Israel and Iran have been repeatedly warning each other of severe consequences.
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