"This bombing will not make up for the crushing defeat that the Zionist entity suffered (October 7). This bombing will shorten its life, while the deprivation and atrocities will not remain unanswered," wrote Khamenei.
At the beginning of November, Khamenei published another tweet in Hebrew reading "The Zionist entity is lying to you, and it is also lying when it expressed concern about its prisoners with the Palestinians. Rather it also destroys them with the shelling it does. The occupying entity is helpless and confused now, and without American support will be silenced within days."
Iranian threats to expand the conflict
In the weeks since the October 7 massacre launched by Hamas and the IDF's response in Gaza, Iranian officials have repeatedly threatened to expand the conflict to additional fronts through their proxies. Hezbollah has launched rockets and anti-tank missiles from Lebanon toward Israel since the day after the war began and the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen have launched missiles and drones toward Eilat several times. Both groups have said they are not fully involved in the war despite the attacks, but have threatened to become more fully involved if the war continues. READ MORE