Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in an October 17, 2023 address aired on Channel 1 (Iran) that it is the Americans who are responsible for Israel's deeds, because according to intelligence reports, they are conducting Israel's policies.ย
He said that the Muslims are "enraged" over Israel's "crimes" and if Israel continues to bomb Gaza, the Muslims in the world as well as the resistance groups will lose their patience and "no one will stop them."
Khamenei said that Palestinians didn't kill civilians during the invasion of southern Israel on October 7, because Israelis in settlements are not civilians, and even if Palestinians had killed civilians, Israel is now killing 100 times more civilians in Gaza.
He said that nothing Israel could do would compensate for the "humiliating defeat" it suffered. Khamenei called for the Israeli government to be put on trial.