Israel says next leader of Iran also a ‘target for elimination’
South China Morning Post
by Associated PressMarch 4, 2026
Israel’s defence minister on Wednesday threatened whoever Iran picks to be the country’s next supreme leader, saying he will be “a target for elimination”.
Israel Katz made the statement on X.
“Every leader appointed by the Iranian terror regime to continue and lead the plan to destroy Israel, to threaten the United States and the free world and the countries of the region, and to suppress the Iranian people - will be a target for elimination,” he wrote.
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Originally published on South China Morning Post on 3/4/2026