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2024-10-05 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran's supreme leader declares Israel ''won't last long''
[NYPOST] Iran's supreme leader on Friday called the deadly Oct. 7 terror attack in Israel a ''legitimate'' act — as he warned the Jewish state ''won't last long'' under Iranian bombardment.

In a rare Friday address, with his rifle by his side, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also said Iran's recent missile attack on Israel was ''legal and legitimate'' and the minimum punishment for Israel's ''crimes,'' according to the Telegraph.

He claimed the attacks were justified because they were ''logical and legal'' and done in self-defense against an oppressor, touting its legality under international law.

Khamenei's sermon — his first in almost five years — took place just before the first anniversary of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, triggered by the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack.

He eulogized Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's leader who was killed in a Sept. 27 Israeli strike in Beirut.

''Our resistant people in Lebanon and Palestine, all these testimonies and spilled blood will not shake your will, but rather strengthen your steadfastness,'' Khamenei said.

Iran launched a barrage of missiles against Israel Tuesday in retaliation of Nasrallah's death and the assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July.

Despite this attack having more impact than the earlier strike in April — a Jewish school was among the places badly damaged — there were few casualties.

Two Israelis were injured and the only death was a Palestinian man in the West Bank who was crushed by an intercepted missile fuselage.

Nasrallah, 64, was at the center of what Israeli officials described to The Post as Iran's ''Axis of Resistance'' and was responsible for what President Biden called a ''four-decade reign of terror.''

Hezbollah confirmed Nasrallah's death Saturday, hours after Israel slammed Beirut with powerful airstrikes — but the group did not acknowledge how its leader was killed.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Nasrallah's death a necessary decision in a televised statement Saturday.


Posted by Fred 2024-10-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11147 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Iran 

#1 Right, Israel will only last another thousand years or so before the end times.

While Iran will only last a few more years before it become a secular/christian state named "Persian".

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2024-10-05 06:08||   2024-10-05 06:08|| Front Page Top

#2 I didn't watch, but from the looks of it the old boy's heart wasn't in it, he didn't throw his hat on the ground this time. I guess the whoopee is just out of that cushion.
Posted by Cesare 2024-10-05 10:09||   2024-10-05 10:09|| Front Page Top

#3 I think Khamenei has said this about twice a month for the past several decades.

Sometimes he adds a nod to Allah, sometimes he doesn't
Posted by Lord Garth 2024-10-05 19:40||   2024-10-05 19:40|| Front Page Top

#4 What's that Timmeh? 12th Imam's in the well?
Posted by Frank G 2024-10-05 20:08||   2024-10-05 20:08|| Front Page Top

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