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Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Khamenei threatens Israel again, this time in Hebrew

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a memorial in Tehran, Iran, May 20, 2025 for late president Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash last year. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei threatens Israel for at least the third time today, this time in Hebrew.
“We must act with force against the terrorist Zionist entity,” Khamenei says on his Hebrew-language X account.
“We will not be merciful toward the Zionists,” he says, echoing a threat he made earlier in English. He also threatened Israel a few hours ago in Farsi.
יש לפעול בעוצמה נגד הישות הציונית הטרוריסטית.
לא ננהג בסלחנות כלפי הציונים.— Khamenei.ir Hebrew (@Khamenei_Heb) June 18, 2025
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