Iranian state television confirmed the death of its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and launched a fresh wave of attacks on Sunday as Israel hit back at the capital Tehran. It came after the United States and Israel claimed to have killed Khamenei in a wave of strikes Saturday against targets in Iran, which sparked swift retaliation by the Islamic republic. The Israeli army announced Sunday it was again launching “large-scale” strikes targeting the “heart of Tehran”.
Its air force led the campaign “to establish aerial superiority and to pave the path to Tehran”. Hamas meanwhile on Sunday said it was mourning Khamenei’s death in what it described as a “heinous” US-Israeli attack. It said that the US and Israel “bear full responsibility” for the “serious repercussions on the security and stability of the region” following the attack.
Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian said the killing of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was a “declaration of war against Muslims” on Sunday, vowing vengeance. Earlier, Iran’s army said it targeted on Sunday US bases in Iraq’s Kurdistan region and in the Gulf in response to the attack launched by the US and Israel. “A few minutes ago, pilots of the air forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran successfully bombed US bases in the countries of the Persian Gulf and in the Kurdistan region of Iraq over several phases of operations,” Iran’s army said in a statement carried by state TV.
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Drones struck the Omani port of Duqm, injuring one worker, the Oman News Agency said Sunday, while an oil tanker was also targeted, resulting in some injuries. Air raid sirens sounded and explosions were heard over Jerusalem on Sunday after the Israeli military said it had detected missiles launched from Iran towards Israel.
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