On Thursday, Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a written statement he’d ordered the military to continue blocking shipments through the Strait of Hormuz and called on other Middle East nations to close U.S. military bases used to attack Iran. They were Mojtaba Khamenei’s first public comments since he was chosen to replace his father, Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated on February 28 along with other members of the family, including Mojtaba’s son, brother-in-law and sister.

Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held his first press briefing since attacking Iran, where he vowed to continue the bombardment of Iran and Lebanon and threatened to kill Iran’s new supreme leader.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “Even now it can be said with certainty: This is no longer the same Iran, this is no longer the same Middle East, and this is also not the same Israel. We are not waiting. We are initiating. We are attacking. And we are doing so with a force the like of which has not been seen before.”