India, March 13 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday issued a veiled threat against Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, days after he was elected to lead the country amid the ongoing Middle East crisis.

"I wouldn't take out a life insurance policy on any of the leaders of the terror organizations," Netanyahu said, according to The Times of Israel.

The Israeli prime minister also said he was uncertain whether the Iranian people would overthrow the Islamic Republic if Israel and the United States created conditions that might enable such a move.

"You can lead someone to water; you cannot make him drink," Netanyahu said during a press conference quoted by the newspaper.

"We will create optimal conditions to d...