Israel threatens to ‘eliminate’ Khamenei after Iranian missile strike

Iranian missiles caused serious damage at four sites in central and southern Israel, including at the Soroka hospital, while Israeli forces attacked Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor. Aljazeera reported.

US President Donald Trump says he’s still weighing his options on United States military intervention in the escalating hostilities.

Earlier, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned the US that any strikes on its territory would have “serious irreparable consequences”.

The death toll from Israel’s attacks on Iran has risen to more than 240, including 70 women and children. At least 24 people have been killed in Iranian attacks on Israel.

Iranian human rights activists and Nobel Peace Prize laureates Narges Mohammadi and Shirin Ebadi have urged that the war between Israel and Iran end.

“Stop the war and choose dialogue over destruction,” they said in a statement on the Nobel Women’s Initiative website.

“This war, initiated by Israel in violation of international law, is already causing immense suffering and threatens to ignite a broader regional and global conflict. Civilians, including women and children, are being killed,” the statement read.

It added that Ebadi, alongside civil society activists, is demanding “an immediate stop to uranium enrichment, an end to attacks on vital infrastructure in both Iran and Israel, and full respect for human rights, including non-interference in each country’s internal affairs”.

Ebadi, who received the 2003 award for her efforts for democracy and the rights of women, children and refugees, lives in exile in the UK.

Mohammadi received her award in 2023 for her fight for women’s rights and against the death penalty in Iran. She is serving a lengthy sentence in Tehran’s Evin prison.