Ofir Akunis to Newsmax: Ayatollahs ‘Nazis of Our Time,’ Crossed Red Line

Ofir Akunis, the consul general for Israel in New York, Thursday on Newsmax described Iran’s ayatollahs as the “Nazis of our time” after a missile attack on southern Israel’s main hospital and several residential buildings wounded at least 240 people.

“The ayatollahs are targeting civilian hospitals and schools, kindergartens,” Akunis said on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America.” “We are not doing it. We’ll continue to destroy their nuclear sites and their ballistic missiles. This is the main goal of this operation.”

Iran’s ayatollahs, however, “want to destroy the state of Israel,” he said. “They’re saying it from 1979, and they are trying to do so. We will not let them.”

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