Iranian TV plays a recording of one of Khamenei's sermons:
"Sometimes, I imagine myself dying from an accident. Or maybe a fever. And my heart becomes so full of sadness: that the chance for competing for paradise [i.e., martyrdom] will be taken away from me that way."
Khamenei was 86, being a martyr is very difficult for an 86 year old, Russia offered him refuge, he could have easily hid in the deep underground city beneath Iran.
Instead he stayed home. He was not afraid. Israel will never understand martyrdom, they will never understand faith, they will never understand honour, they thought releasing footage of Sinwar fighting to his last breath with nothing but a stick would shame him.
Rats don’t understand lions. Pigs don’t understand eagles. Weasels don’t understand wolves.
Mike