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Khamenei in Hebrew: ‘The world will see the day when the Zionists are defeated by the resistance’
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to the crowd during a meeting with school and university students, in Tehran, Iran, November 2, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei posts another threat to Israel on his new Hebrew-language account on the social media platform X.
“The world will certainly see the day when the Zionists are defeated in a resounding defeat by the resistance,” he writes, amid indications of an imminent Iranian response to Israel’s recent retaliatory strike.
Iran’s so-called “axis of resistance” of proxies in the Middle East includes Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, and Syrian and Iraqi militant groups.
It has vowed a “punishing” reprisal to Israel’s October 26 airstrikes, which Jerusalem said took out the Islamic Republic’s air defenses and missile production capabilities.
