Khamenei in Hebrew: ‘The world will see the day when the Zionists are defeated by the resistance’

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to the crowd during a meeting with school and university students, in Tehran, Iran, November 2, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

THE TIMES OF ISRAEL | Published November 8, 2024

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei posts another threat to Israel on his new Hebrew-language account on the social media platform X.

“The world will certainly see the day when the Zionists are defeated in a resounding defeat by the resistance,” he writes, amid indications of an imminent Iranian response to Israel’s recent retaliatory strike.

Iran’s so-called “axis of resistance” of proxies in the Middle East includes Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, and Syrian and Iraqi militant groups.

It has vowed a “punishing” reprisal to Israel’s October 26 airstrikes, which Jerusalem said took out the Islamic Republic’s air defenses and missile production capabilities.

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Khamenei said groups backed by Tehran have managed to increasingly repel Israel over nearly four decades in Gaza and Lebanon.

Published November 7, 2024

Tehran, Iran – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said the fact that Hamas and Hezbollah are still fighting in Gaza and Lebanon signifies a defeat for Israel.

Israel wished to uproot Hamas but “massacred people, showed its ugly face to the whole world, proved its malice, condemned and isolated itself”, he told a gathering of the top clerical body, the Assembly of Experts, on Thursday.

The Iranian leader said Israel believed it could silence the Palestinian resistance by assassinating its top leaders, but “Hamas keeps fighting and this means defeat for the Zionist regime”.

Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed on July 31 in the Iranian capital, Tehran. Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed in Beirut in September.

Khamenei said for nearly 40 years, Hezbollah has driven Israel back from Lebanese territory in many incidents, including from Beirut, Sidon, Tyre, and ultimately from most of southern Lebanon.

Hezbollah has transformed from “a small group” of fighters to a “massive organisation” that has such power to turn back an opponent that is comprehensively backed by the “likes of America’s presidents”, he added.