Media: Israel believes Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei killed in morning strike

Israel believes that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in this morning’s Israeli strike, Channel 12 reports, citing unnamed Israeli sources. The channel claims there are “growing indications to this effect.”

The report was also covered by the Israeli newspaper The Times of Israel.

The TV station had minutes earlier said the Israeli assessment was that Khamenei was “hurt at the very least, ” and that this was not an assessment based on satellite imagery showing Khamenei’s presidential compound being flattened, but rather on information from unnamed sources.

Khamenei is reportedly expected to deliver an address shortly. The TV report suggests that, if so, it was recorded in advance.

Channel 12 also reports that the strikes today have caused “very significant harm” to the leadership of the Iranian regime and its military commanders.

Israel’s Kan state TV says “there is no contact” with Khamenei.