Strikes Shake Beirut as Israel Targets Hezbollah Strongholds

[epoch_component type=”live_update” section_title=”Iranian Supreme Leader Delivers Rare Friday Address” update_time=”2024-10-04T07:18″ inline_authors=”221554″ update_source=”” pinned=”false”] The Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called Israel the “common enemy” of Muslim nations. The 85-year-old cleric spoke as he led Friday prayers in Tehran for the first time in four years. He called on Muslim nations to “strap the belt of defense” from Afghanistan to Yemen and from Iran to Gaza and Lebanon. Khamenei added that the Oct. 7 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel—during which around 1,200 people were killed and 250 were taken hostage in Gaza—was legitimate, as was Tehran’s missile attack on the Jewish state earlier this week, which he called a “brilliant action.”...