Iran appointed a new leader on Sunday as it continues to launch missiles and drones at Israel, along with Hezbollah in Lebanon, sending Israelis to bomb shelters. At the same time, Israel and the U.S. are targeting Iranian infrastructure and making progress.
Tehran named Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of the former ayatollah, Ali Khamenei, as the next leader of Iran. Analysts say he is more hardline than his father, and his appointment sends a message of defiance and revenge. However, he is not expected to remain in office for long.
President Trump believes that by toppling the Iranian regime, the U.S. will have eliminated a major global problem.
“We will have taken out a cancer,” Trump stated, and added, “You know, don’t forget October 7th. Don’t forget all of the things that have happened over the years, all caused by these people. So what we’re doing is a great thing, not only for our country, not only for Israel, not only for the Middle East but for the world.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed his country over the weekend, saluting Israeli pilots, ground crews, and courageous fighters. commending the people for their support.
“In the secure rooms and protected spaces, you are demonstrating a powerful spirit. You tell me, the Government, and our heroic soldiers and commanders: ‘Continue until the end, until victory,'” the prime minister declared.
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Netanyahu’s Spokesman, David Mencer, told CBN News that Israelis are holding up under the pressure.
“All of us here in Israel are united in supporting our armed forces and supporting the wisdom and the foresight of our Prime Minister and President Trump for getting this job done and ensuring that Iran can never again be a threat to this country,” Mencer said.
Israel is targeting infrastructure sites in Tehran and elsewhere, including the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Air Force headquarters, and oil warehouses and depots.
In response, according to an unnamed National Security Council official, Iran is unleashing a stepped-up terror campaign against Israelis abroad, it was reported in The Jerusalem Post.
“We are seeing an Iranian removal of restraints that is almost unprecedented,” the report quoted the NSC official as saying. “No proxies, no filters. Where they can act, they act. Whether with brazen determination or in a ‘dirty’ manner. It is a fundamental change in approach because they feel they have nothing to lose right now, given what they have absorbed.”
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