Netanyahu says Iran's clerical rulers are now "weaker than it has been since its establishment"
“weaker than it has been since its establishment”
Reported October 5, 2026 by arabnews.com. Checked word for word against that report.
At a state ceremony Monday at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl military cemetery marking three years since the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attack, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would not let Iran's clerical rulers threaten its existence, arguing they are today at the weakest point in their history. The event fell on Israel's national day of remembrance for the assault, which killed 1,221 people per Israeli figures and saw 251 hostages seized. Netanyahu also ruled out Hamas governing Gaza and promised to keep attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon. The ceremony followed a joint Israeli-US strike on February 28 that set off the Middle East war. Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says Israel's offensive has killed more than 74,200 people, and plans for the territory's postwar governance remain unsettled.
- arabnews.com ↗︎05 OCT 2026