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The Israeli defense minister Israel Katz warned that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “will be held accountable for his crimes” as he instructed the Israel Defense Forces to “increase the intensity” of their attacks.
“The cowardly Iranian dictator sits in the depths of the fortified bunker and fires aimed shots at hospitals and residential buildings in Israel,” Katz posted to X.
“These are war crimes of the most serious kind – and Khamenei will be held accountable for his crimes.
“The Prime Minister and I have instructed the IDF to increase the intensity of attacks against strategic targets in Iran and against government targets in Tehran in order to remove threats to the State of Israel and undermine the ayatollahs’ regime.”
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Emergency workers respond to the site of a reported Iranian missile strike on June 19, 2025 in Ramat Gan, Israel.
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