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Netanyahu: Killing Iran's supreme leader would 'end the conflict'

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<div><br/></div><div><br style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"/></div><p>Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said that he believes killing Iran&#x27;s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would “end the <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/6/16/iran-and-israel-exchange-deadly-strikes-in-spiralling-air-war-0051">conflict” between Israel and Iran</a>, rather than escalate it.</p><p>Netanyahu made the comments in an interview with ABC News.</p><p>U.S. officials told Reuters that U.S. President Donald Trump had vetoed an Israeli plan in recent days to kill Khamenei.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/6/16/trump-urges-iran-to-talk-as-g7-looks-for-common-ground-0648">Trump urges Iran to talk as G7 looks for common ground</a></div><p>Israel launched a surprise attack on Friday morning that wiped out the top echelon of Iran&#x27;s military command and damaged its nuclear sites, and says the campaign will escalate in coming days.</p><p>Iran has launched missile barrages on Israel in retaliation in what has emerged as the biggest-ever confrontation between old enemies.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/6/16/filipino-in-israel-in-critical-condition-after-missile-salvo-from-iran-1011">Filipino in Israel in ‘critical’ condition after missile salvo from Iran</a></div><div><em>(Production: Ashraf Fahim)</em></div>

<p>Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said that he believes killing Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would “end the conflict” between Israel and Iran, rather than escalate it.</p>

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said that he believes killing Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would “end the conflict” between Israel and Iran, rather than escalate it.

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Netanyahu: Killing Iran's supreme leader would 'end the conflict'

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Published June 17, 2025 08:22 AM PHT

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