Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has denied that Israel is seeking regime change in Iran.
Asked in an interview with CNN whether Khamenei is a potential target of Israeli’s military offensive, Saar said his government is not aiming to topple the Iranian leadership.
“The Security Cabinet had decided on the objectives – it was not one of the objectives. This is for the Iranian people to decide. We, Israel, do not see the Iranian people as our enemies. We had great relations with Iran until 1979, until the Islamic revolution… when a very barbaric regime came to power. These are the people that chant, ‘Death to America, death to Israel,'” Sa’ar said.
Multiple media outlets have reported that Israel presented a plan to kill Khamenei to the US, but Trump rejected the proposal.
Iran launches a new wave of attacks on Israel, wounding several people in Tel Aviv and hitting the port city of Haifa, hours after the Israeli military bombed the Iranian capital, Tehran.
The death toll in Iran has risen to 224, including 70 women and children. The intelligence chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and two other generals were killed in Israeli attacks on Sunday.
Source: Al Jazeera.
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