from breakfastmtn@piefed.ca to world@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 20:06
https://piefed.ca/c/world/p/561115/us-and-israel-strike-iran-as-netanyahu-says-many-signs-khamenei-no-longer-alive
Tehran carries out extensive retaliatory strikes on Israel and US air bases as region is plunged into fresh conflict
Israel and the US have launched a war on Iran, unleashing waves of air attacks across the country in an attempt to bring about regime change and plunging the region into a conflict that could last weeks or months.
The sudden offensive triggered Iranian retaliatory strikes throughout the day across a swathe of the Middle East, with explosions reported in Israel, Bahrain, Syria, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
In a televised address, the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, indicated that the strikes had killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Khamenei has not been heard from since the strikes began and satellite imagery has shown that his secure compound was heavily damaged in the initial barrage.
Update:
Reuters is reporting that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is dead. According to a senior Israeli official, Khamenei, who has ruled Iran since 1989, is dead and his body has been found.
Axios, citing an Israeli official, is also reporting that the Israeli ambassador to the US has informed US officials that Khamenei was killed.
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A reminder that we don’t have any official confirmation yet, but the Israelis do seem confident that he was killed.
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