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'The head of the snake has been cut off' - Ben Gvir declares 'era is over' following killing of Khamenei in joint US-Israel strike

'The head of the snake has been cut off' - Ben Gvir declares 'era is over' following killing of Khamenei in joint US-Israel strike

"Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Sunday hailed what he described as a 'historic' achievement following the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in a joint US-Israel strike. "You shouted at us before, Iran, to go home; you shouted before the prisons ‘go home’, and we saw that in the end you talk and we act - and we made history. The head of the snake has been cut off," said Ben-Gvir. "We are winning in Iran, and we will continue to the end. […] They want to eliminate all of us, and we are eliminating them one by one. I am proud of what we have done," he added. He also paid tribute to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defence Minister Israel Katz, and military forces for the operations in Tehran. Iranian state media reported the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei during the attacks, prompting Tehran to declare 40 days of national mourning and a seven-day public holiday, with all government offices and schools closed as the country prepares for funeral rites. The United States and Israel launched a joint strike on Saturday, with US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowing to 'destroy Iran's missiles.'  In response, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps said that 'widespread missile and drone attacks' against Israel were underway. US bases were also reportedly targeted in the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Iraq and Kuwait. The developments follow three recent rounds of talks between Iranian and American officials, one held in Muscat and two in Geneva. Russia, China, France, Bahrain and Colombia have called for an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council, where members were divided between urging an immediate halt to hostilities and pressing Iran to abandon its nuclear programme."