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Israeli FM Accuses ‘Octopus’ Khamenei of Smuggling Weapons into West Bank via Jordan

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz (AFP)
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz (AFP)
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Israeli FM Accuses ‘Octopus’ Khamenei of Smuggling Weapons into West Bank via Jordan

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz (AFP)
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz (AFP)

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz accused on Thursday Iran of attempting to establish an “eastern terror front” against Israel via Jordan, the Times of Israel reported.

Katz — who has faced some criticism for his style of online diplomatic attacks — published an AI-generated image showing Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei as an octopus with many tentacles.

The foreign minister said the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is smuggling weapons from Syria into Jordan, “attempting to destabilize the regime and turn the Israel-Jordan border from a peaceful one into a volatile front.”

The weapons are then brought into the West Bank, he added, “where an Iranian-Hamas terror infrastructure is being established.”

Katz called for a security fence to be built “quickly” along the Israel-Jordan border, something that has been promised for more than a decade by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but has been dismissed by security officials as a pipe dream.

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Russian Attack Kills Two, Injures 11 in Ukraine’s Sumy, Authorities Say 

Ukrainian servicemen ride atop a tank after returning from Russia, near the Russian-Ukrainian border in the Sumy region, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP)
Ukrainian servicemen ride atop a tank after returning from Russia, near the Russian-Ukrainian border in the Sumy region, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP)
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Russian Attack Kills Two, Injures 11 in Ukraine’s Sumy, Authorities Say 

Ukrainian servicemen ride atop a tank after returning from Russia, near the Russian-Ukrainian border in the Sumy region, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP)
Ukrainian servicemen ride atop a tank after returning from Russia, near the Russian-Ukrainian border in the Sumy region, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP)

A Russian attack overnight damaged a factory in Ukraine's northern city of Sumy, killed two women and injured at least 11 people, Ukrainian authorities said on Friday. 

Ukraine's Prosecutor General's office said the factory manufactured packaging for baby food, juices and household products. 

One injured person died later in hospital, regional prosecutors said on Telegram, and the body of another victim was retrieved from the rubble. 

The airstrike caused a fire, prompting authorities to tell residents to stay inside and close windows because of air pollution. 

The northern Sumy region borders Russia's region of Kursk where Ukraine has made a major cross-border incursion since Aug. 6 while Moscow's troops press towards the strategic hub of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine. 

Ukrainian border areas suffer from constant Russian attacks, and Kyiv said the Kursk operation was aimed at protecting its settlements. 

Separately, a drone attack hit an industrial facility in Poltava in central Ukraine without causing any casualties, regional governor Filip Pronin said. 

The Ukrainian air force said it shot down 12 out of 18 Russia-launched drones overnight over five regions. Four more drones fell over the Ukrainian territory. 

Russia also used an Iskander-M missile during the attack, the air force added. It did not give additional details. 

In the southern port city of Odesa, authorities reported an explosion on Thursday evening after a ballistic air alert without providing details. 

Russia denies deliberately targeting civilians but thousands have been killed and injured in its strikes during the war, which began when Russian troops invaded its neighbor in February 2022.