Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei attacks ‘weak Zionist regime’

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei says that Israel is now “weaker” than it was 10 or 20 years ago, with a list of “defeats” he said the Jewish state has suffered over the years.

Khamenei claims in a tweet that Israel was defeated by Hezbollah in the 2006 war, and that it had been beaten by Hamas in 2008’s Operation Cast Lead, 2012’s Operation Pillar of Defense, as well as the recent flareup in violence on the Gaza border.

The Zionist regime is clearly weaker than 10, 20 years ago. A few years ago they fought Hezbollah for 33 days and were defeated. They were defeated 2 years later in the 22-day war on Palestinian resistance; in 8-day war on oppressed people of Gaza and recently in the 2-day war.

— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) November 25, 2018

All of these conflicts ended with ceasefires, and no clear victors.