Live updates: Israel targets presumed new Hezbollah leader in massive Beirut strikes; Iran's leader issues warnings in rare speech
Follow NBC News' live coverage as the IDF targets Hezbollah leaders in Beirut and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei speaks after missile attack.
Iranian supreme leader praises missile attack on Israel, saying Iran will do it again if necessary
Iran’s supreme leader has praised the country’s recent missile strike on Israel and said it is ready to do it again if necessary
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Live Updates: Israeli Strikes Rock Lebanon as Iran’s Leader Issues Warning
But even as he did so, Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, was in Beirut, appearing eager to convey Iran’s readiness to support a joint cease-fire in Lebanon and in Gaza. The contrasting diplomacy and defiance spotlighted Iran’s efforts to assert its regional power while limiting damage to its land and people.
Israel Attacks More Hezbollah Targets as Iran Backs Cease-Fire
Israel carried out bombing raids in the suburbs of Beirut alongside ground attacks in southern Lebanon, while Iran said it would support a conditional cease-fire in the conflicts involving its allied groups Hezbollah and Hamas.
Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei defends missile barrage against Israel in rare sermon
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said during a rare public speech Friday that his country's missile attack on Israel this week was "legal and legitimate."
Iran's leader defends strikes on Israel in rare public speech
Iran's missile strikes on Israel were "correct, logical, and lawful", Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told a vast crowd which had gathered to hear him speak in Tehran on Friday. The country's supreme leader described the attack as the "minimum punishment" for what he called Israel's "astonishing crimes" while leading Friday prayers in the capital,
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Heavy Israeli Airstrikes Target Likely Successor to Hezbollah Leader in Beirut
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Israel Bombs Beirut Site, Targeting Presumed Successor to Slain Hezbollah Leader
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Israeli military says it has killed around 250 Hezbollah fighters in ground operation
The Israeli military estimates it has killed around 250 Hezbollah fighters, including a number of battalion and company ...