Israel was targeting Tehran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for assassination during the 12-day war with Iran, but the ideal opportunity never presented itself, its military chief said.
The Jewish state’s military had been actively hunting for Khamenei before President Trump helped broker the cease-fire that came into effect earlier this week, Defense Minister Israel Katz, who had vowed to kill the leader during the conflict, told Israeli TV.
“I estimate that if Khamenei had been in our sights, we would have taken him out,” he said.
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The Israeli military hoped to assassinate Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the 12-day war with Iran. AP The ayatollah hid underground following Israel’s initial bombardments in Tehran. BERNO/SIPA/Shutterstock
“But Khamenei understood this, went underground to very great
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