In rare public address, supreme leader defends missile attack on Israel and makes appeal for Muslim unityIran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has vowed that Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza will re-emerge strongly with new leaders, as an Israeli airstrike cut Lebanon’s main route to Syria.In a rare public sermon in front of tens of thousands in Tehran on Friday, Khamenei defended the “legal and legitimate” ballistic missile attack on Israel this week that Iran has said was in retaliation for the deaths of the Hezbollah secretary general, Hassan Nasrallah, and the Hamas political leader, Ismail Haniyeh. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/04/iran-ali-khamenei-hezbollah-hamas-lebanon-gaza-israel
Author : Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem and Patrick Wintour
Publish date : 2024-10-04 19:50:36
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Iran’s Ali Khamenei vows Hezbollah and Hamas will not back down
