The Israelis had the opportunity to assassinate Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Trump conveyed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that it wasn't a good idea, one U.S. official told CBS News.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested Monday that assassinating Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would "end the conflict" between the two arch-foes. "It's not going to escalate the conflict,

Netanyahu refuses to rule out killing Iran’s Supreme Leader as conflict intensifies - Iranian state broadcaster hit by Israeli missile live on air

A day after US officials confirmed that President Donald Trump had vetoed Israeli plans to assassinate Iran's Supreme Leader, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held an online press conference in which he did not rule out the option to target Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

President Donald Trump rejected an Israeli plan in recent days to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, two U.S. officials told ABC News. The officials stated that Israel shared with the United States that they had a window to kill Iran's leader but the president was not on board with the plan.

The development comes several days after Israel attacked Iran, targeting its nuclear facilities and killing some of its leading military commanders. View on euronews

By Alexander Cornwell, Parisa Hafezi and Jaidaa Taha TEL AVIV/DUBAI (Reuters) -An Israeli strike hit Iran's state broadcaster on Monday as Iran called on U.S. President Donald Trump to force a ceasefire in the four-day-old aerial war,