Israel says Khamenei ‘cannot be allowed to exist’ as Trump mulls US strikes

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has declared that Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “can no longer be allowed to exist” after an Iranian missile struck a hospital in Israel’s south. At least 40 people were reported injured at the Soroka Hospital in Beersheba, the latest Iranian ballistic missile strike to successfully evade Israel’s air defences. “Khamenei openly declares that he wants Israel destroyed — he personally gives the order to fire on hospitals,” Mr Katz said at the scene. “Such a man can no longer be allowed to exist.” Authorities say at least 40 people were injured at the…