“Roaring Lion” met Queen Esther — and the map hasn’t changed

Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei is dead, and the ideological center of Tehran’s regime has taken a direct hit. In the very season when Megillat Esther is read worldwide, the story of Persia’s extermination plot echoes into modern Iran—with a jarring reminder of V’nahafoch Hu: the tables can turn.

In connecting this moment to the Esther narrative, we learn that it is:

• not mythology, but pattern—threat, courage, reversal;

• not passive “miracles,” but initiative, intelligence, and resolve; and

• a sober warning: regimes built on annihilation eventually collide with consequences.

Make no mistake: the days in which we find ourselves are no less biblical than those we are now reading about in the Book of Esther.

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IDF footage of strikes on the headquarters of regime forces in the heart of Tehran.

Defense officials say Iran also fired missiles at Cyprus, but they fell short and landed in the sea.

Israel has achieved aerial supremacy over Western Iran and is now securing the airspace over Tehran.

In the first day of Operation Roaring Lion, the Israeli Air Force eliminated 40 senior Iranian commanders - a historic strike made possible by unprecedented intelligence efforts.

The IDF has also dismantled the majority of the aerial defense systems in western and central Iran and is paving the way towards establishing aerial superiority over the skies of Tehran.

Iran attacked an oil tanker flying under the flag of Palau in the Strait of Hormuz.

Vladimir Putin, the world’s greatest hypocrite, condemns the strikes on Iran and the elimination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

On October 10, 2023, Ali Khamenei tweeted in Hebrew that Israel would never again rise from the defeat inflicted upon it three days earlier by Hamas, and told the “Zionists” that they had brought this great calamity upon themselves.

Today, IDF Spokesman Effi Defrin responded to that tweet, writing:

“We will not forget the seventh of October, and will continue to hunt down the enemies of Israel, from the architects of that attack to the terrorists who took part in the massacre.”

Israeli Air Force jets destroy two Iranian Air Force planes on the runway.

It's hard to imagine the Iranian regime is foolish enough to send any of its planes up against the American and Israeli forces, but who knows at this point.

❗️An Iranian missile or shrapnel from an intercepted missile hit the city of Beit Shemesh a short time ago.

There are reportedly numerous casualties, including children.

The scene in Beit Shemesh

Initial reports of up to 20 wounded in Beit Shemesh, several of them critically.

A scene of total destruction in Beit Shemesh.

The missile hit a residential neighborhood. Iran isn't aiming for Israeli military installations. It's aiming for the people of Israel.

Iran has the “legitimate duty and right” to avenge the Israeli-US killing of its longtime supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, declared Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday morning.

“The assassination of the highest political authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran and a prominent leader of Shia Islam worldwide is perceived as an open declaration of war against Muslims.”

Four people are confirmed dead in the Iranian missile strike on a residential neighborhood in Beit Shemesh.

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❗️Death toll rises in Beit Shemesh, where an Iranian missile hit a residential neighborhood, and directly impacted a family's bomb shelter.

At present:

8 dead
30 wounded

‘An image of beauty and victory’

Rabin Medical Center in the central Israeli city of Petah Tikvah performed its first-ever Caesarean section on Sunday, while an air raid siren sounded.

Osnat Walfisch, director of the Women’s Hospital at Clalit’s Rabin Medical Center, stated:

“This image, documenting our first Caesarean section under alarms, tells the story of our hospital during these days.

“True, these are not the physical conditions we are accustomed to and wish to provide, but there is one thing we will never compromise on: the quality of care and our medical professionalism.

“Amid the noise of war in recent days, there is nothing more beautiful and victorious than bringing new life into the world.

“This is the answer to our enemies.”

Photo: Rabin Medical Center Spokesperson

CONFIRMED: Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was killed in yesterday’s opening wave of Israeli-US airstrikes on Tehran.