India, June 19 -- Israeli defence minister Israel Katz has likened Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to a modern-day Hitler. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, the defence minister made these remarks during a visit to Holon, where an Iranian missile made an impact.

"A dictator like Khamenei, who heads a country like Iran and has made the destruction of the State of Israel his declared goal, this horrific goal of destroying Israel, cannot be allowed to continue or materialise," he told the media.

The Israeli defence minister added that the IDF is capable of finding Khamenei and eliminating him. According to reports, the US had previously vetoed an Israeli plan to assassinate Khamenei.

"We would have sent the IDF, extracted h...