The Hebrew state was ready to “eliminate” the Iranian supreme guide during the war

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz told Israeli media that Israel was ready to kill the Iranian supreme guide if the opportunity had come during his 12 -day war with Iran. Consequently, “If he had been in our sights. For example, we would have eliminated him”said Israel Katz Thursday evening on Israeli public radio Kan, about the Iranian supreme guide, Ali Khamenei.

Israel tried to reach it, but the operational opportunity did not arise, he added. Consequently, Israel Katz made similar remarks on two Israeli television channels Channel 12 and Channel 13. Israel was unable to locate Ayatollah Khamenei, said the minister: he “Broken hebrew state ready “eliminate” iranian very deeply underground (…) which means that in the end, it was not realistic”he said on public radio.

Stay in a bunker – Hebrew state ready "eliminate" iranian

During the war, Israel Katz said that Ali Khamenei could not “Not continue to exist”. However. he told Channel 13 that Israel no longer continued to kill him, because “There is a difference between before and after the ceasefire”. On Kan, he however advised the Supreme Guide to stay in a bunker. “He should be inspired by fire (Hassan) Nasrallah, who has stayed in a bunker for a long time. I recommend doing the same thing ”he said. in reference to the ex-head of the Lebanese Hezbollah Pro-Iranian, murdered in an Israeli strike in Beirut in September 2024.

Israel Katz said that Israel retained its air superiority over Iran and was ready to strike again to deal with the threats of its sworn enemy. “We will not let Iran develop nuclear weapons and threaten (Israel) with long -range missiles”he told the channel 12. Israel Katz admitted that Israel did not know the location of Iranian enriched uranium stocks. but said that strikes on nuclear sites had destroyed the enrichment capacities of Tehran.

“Neutralized nuclear capacities”

“The material itself was not supposed to be neutralized”he told Channel 12. “We have neutralized nuclear capacities. development of missiles from Iran, and destroys all the factories for the manufacturing of missiles”he added. In theory, Iran would need “Long years” To reconstruct its capacities, “But we will not allow it”he said.

Israel launched on June 13 an unprecedented massive attack on Iran. triggering a war, hebrew state ready “eliminate” iranian stopped on Tuesday 24 by a cease-fire initiated by US President Donald Trump, with the stated objective of preventing him from acquiring nuclear weapons, an ambition that Tehran denies nourishing.