{"id":636,"date":"2025-06-16T19:38:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T19:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/?p=636"},"modified":"2025-06-17T11:05:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T11:05:23","slug":"netanyahu-doesnt-rule-out-targeting-irans-supreme-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/16\/netanyahu-doesnt-rule-out-targeting-irans-supreme-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu doesn't rule out targeting Iran's supreme leader"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday didn’t rule out targeting Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah\u00a0Ali Khamenei, just hours after reports emerged that President Trump nixed a plan by Israel<\/a> to take out Khamenei.<\/p>\n

“It’s not going to escalate the conflict, it’s going to end the conflict,” Netanyahu told ABC News’s<\/a> Jonathan Karl when asked about the reports that Trump rejected the plan because it was concerned about escalation.<\/p>\n

Asked if Israel intended to target Khamenei, Netanyahu responded that his country was “doing what we need to do.”<\/p>\n

Israel on Thursday launched a massive military operation<\/a> targeting Iran’s nuclear capabilities. Nearly two dozen of Iran’s senior military commanders and top nuclear scientist have been confirmed dead<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Multiple outlets, including CBS News<\/a>, The Associated Press<\/a> and Reuters<\/a> reported Sunday night that Israeli forces had an opportunity to assassinate Khamenei, but Trump rejected the proposal.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu responded to the reports in a Fox News<\/a> “Special Report with Bret Baier” interview on Sunday without directly answering to whether there is an assassination plot.<\/p>\n

“There’s so many false reports of conversations that never happened, and I’m not going to get into that,” he told Baier. “We will do what we need to do, and I think the United States knows what is good for the United States, and I’m just not going to get into it.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday didn’t rule out targeting Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah\u00a0Ali Khamenei, just hours after reports emerged that President Trump nixed a plan by Israel to<\/p>\n

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