Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz revealed that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei was nearly assassinated during the June 2025 war. Katz claimed Khamenei escaped by going underground, evading Israeli forces. Several Iranian commanders were killed, and tensions eased after Trump announced a ceasefire between the two nations.
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Amid the ongoing global tension across the globe, especially in the Middle East, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has made a bold statement. The Israeli defence minister on Thursday stated that Israel would have killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei amid the countries' 12-day war in June 2025, as per Reuters.
This statement from the Israeli Minister Katz signified that Israel was on the verge of eliminating Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Khameini. However, the Israeli defence minister further stated that Khameini evaded the elimination by going underground.
Refuting previous media reports from the Washington Post, Israel Katz said that Israel would not have required permission from the United States of America to eliminate Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the countries' 12-day war.
Israel Katz said on Thursday, "I estimate that if Khamenei had been in our sights, we would have taken him out," Katz said in an interview with Israel's Kan public television.”
Katz further went on to say that "Khamenei understood this, went underground to very great depths, and broke off contacts with the commanders who replaced those commanders who were eliminated, so it wasn’t realistic in the end."
As per Reuters, with Ayatollah Khameini evading the elimination, Israel did kill several top Iranian commanders and nuclear scientists on June 13, 2025, at the start of the war.
Furthermore, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump had suggested at various times during the war between the two countries that Khamenei's life could be in danger, as regime change could be a result of the war.
The tensions between Israel and Iran were calmed when US President Donald Trump, taking to social media, announced that both countries had agreed to a ceasefire.
Trump, while posting on Truth Social about the cessation of fire between the two countries, said, “It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in-progress final missions!), for 12 hours, at which point the war will be considered ENDED!”
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