Israeli officials told The Associated Press that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in Saturday's major attack on Iran by the U.S. and Israel. Following his death, the country's president has said a leadership council has begun work to choose a successor. The group of hard-line clerics will choose a replacement in the next "one or two days", according to Iran's Foreign Minister.

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War in the Mideast widens as Trump says strikes on Iran could last several weeks

War in the Mideast widens as Trump says strikes on Iran could last several weeks

The war in the Middle East spiraled further Monday as Israel and the U.S. pounded Iran. U.S. President Donald Trump said the campaign would likely take several weeks. Tehran and its allies hit back against Israel, neighboring Gulf states and targets critical to the world's energy production. The intensity of the attacks, the killing of Iran's supreme leader, and the lack of any apparent exit plan indicated the conflict would not end anytime soon. Israel launched retaliatory attacks in Lebanon after Hezbollah fired missiles at it, and an Israeli military official did not rule out another ground invasion.

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