BEIRUT This handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him during a gathering of Iranian top scientific talents in Tehran on Oct. 2, 2024, with a portrait of the late founder of the Islamic republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in the background. Israel stepped up its strikes across Lebanon on Oct. 4, including a key point thousands of Lebanese use to flee the country, with Iran 's supreme leader pledging that his allies will keep fighting Israel.

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