The decision to kill Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the Iran-backed leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah was taken in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks, when Israel decided to eliminate ...
Israel decided to kill Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. Khamenei and other top Iranian officials were killed in a bombing campaign that began on Feb. 28.