Netanyahu: Mojtaba Khamenei and Naim Qassem are not immune, and we continue to strike Iranian officials

SadaNews Translation - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday evening that he does not guarantee that "Israel's enemies" will stay alive, whether it is the new leader Mojtaba Khamenei or Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem.

This came during a press conference, his first since the war on Iran, in which he hosted several Israeli reporters via Zoom.

He said: We have eliminated Khamenei, and his son cannot show his face in public because he is a puppet of the Revolutionary Guard.

He indicated that Israel is working to create conditions conducive to the overthrow of the regime, but I cannot say for certain that the Iranian people will bring down the regime, because the regime ultimately falls from within, and we have told them that help is on the way and has arrived and will come again.

Netanyahu sent a message to the people of Iran, saying: The moment's battle for you to embark on the path to freedom has begun, and it is in your hands.

He said: We are in historic days and the "Lion's Roar" operation is noticeably and continuously on the rise .. we are crushing the Iranian "terror" regime alongside the Americans, and these achievements position Israel as a strong global power more than ever, and our attainment of tremendous achievements changes the balance of power even outside the Middle East, and these achievements are changing the entire Middle East.

He added: We are crushing Iran and Hezbollah, and they will pay a very heavy price for their aggression .. Hezbollah will feel our strength again and understand that it made a very grave mistake.

In response to a question about the continued missile launches from Lebanon, Netanyahu said: In the previous battle we removed a huge threat and we spoke then about 150,000 rockets and missiles and the fall of towers in Tel Aviv .. all this did not happen because we dealt them a huge blow, and they remain with remnants and we will deal with them too, as SadaNews has translated.

Returning to Iran, Netanyahu pointed out that his forces struck earlier some other senior Iranian officials, noting that among them was a very high-ranking Iranian scientist whose identity was not revealed. He refused to disclose further details, vowing more surprises and strikes.

The Israeli Prime Minister said: Had we not acted immediately to stop the Iranian death industry, it would have become invulnerable forever .. the Iranian regime has laid out a plan to destroy Israel with ballistic missiles and attempt to develop a nuclear bomb.

Netanyahu added: We warned Khamenei after the "Rising Lion" operation: If you continue to develop your death industries, you will be subjected to harsh strikes .. he continued to develop missile and nuclear industries, and had we not acted within a few months, the Iranians would have been immune to strikes.

He continued: We are delivering fatal strikes to the Basij at the bases as well as at the checkpoints.

He went on: This is not Iran itself, and this is not the same Middle East, and this is not Israel itself.

He noted that he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump, telling him this evening: The relations between us are a hundred times stronger than any relationship between an American president and an Israeli prime minister.

Netanyahu added: I have established a personal alliance with my close friend Trump, and we talk freely continuously.