Israel Threatens Iranian Leader Khamenei After Missile Hits Hospital

Israel’s defense minister said that Ali Khamenei ’should not continue to exist.’
Israel Threatens Iranian Leader Khamenei After Missile Hits Hospital
Smoke billows from a building at Soroka Hospital in Beersheba in southern Israel following an Iranian missile attack, on June 19, 2025. Maya Levin/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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Israel’s defense minister on Thursday made a direct threat to Iranian leader Ali Khamenei following an Iranian missile strike that hit an Israeli hospital.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz told reporters in regards to the Iranian leader that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) has been instructed and know “that in order to achieve all of its goals, this man absolutely should not continue to exist,” according to a translation from Hebrew into English by The Associated Press.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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