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Netanyahu won’t rule out targeting ayatollah amid speculation about regime change
The Islamic Republic’s leadership is significantly weakened domestically by Israeli strikes, but experts differ on whether regime change is likely

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu manages Operation Rising Lion.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not rule out the possibility of targeting Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in an interview with ABC News on Monday, amid widespread speculation in Israel and beyond that the strikes on the...