There are nine Iranian chosen people killed during the attacks. Two other Iranian generals died while from today the Gaza Strip represents a secondary front in the current conflict.
The Israeli defense forces (IDF) They declared today that the Gaza Strip represents a secondary front in the current conflict, while the strategic focus has moved to the Iran. According to the military leaders, the recent operations of the Israeli Air Force would have opened a safe corridor towards Tehranallowing combat jets to operate without obstacles within the Iranian airspace. The Israeli defense forces (IDF) have announced that they have hit the Iranian territory so far, including strategic sites related to the nuclear program of the Islamic Republic. Among the targets there are the plants of Natanz And Isfahanwhere an infrastructure would have been destroyed for the enrichment of the Uranium. The Israeli military authorities have however specified that the nuclear plant of Fordow It was not hit. The Israeli Chief of Staff and the Air Force Commander have also declared that aerial operations will continue, with military hunting ready to hit further objectives in the capital Tehran. The Iranian media report new Israeli raids conducted in the western and north-western regions of Iran, where there are military bases and strategic defense systems. According to what reported by the FARS and Mehr printing agencies, the bombings have hit the city of Tabrizin the north-west of the country, as well as different areas of the provinces of Lorestan, Hamedan And Kermanshahlocated in the western band of the Iranian territory. According to local sources, two people would have been killed following an attack against a missile station located near Assadabad, in Western Iran. “The way to Iran is now free” – this is what they said this morning, during a briefing with the press, the Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and the Air Force commander Tomer Barreferring to the freedom of action of the Israeli hunting in the Iranian skies. In the course of the night, the Air Force completed the annihilation operations of the main Iranian anti -aircraft defense batteries, effectively opening the operating corridor for the bombings of the IDF. According to what was declared by Zamir And Barthe systematic destruction of the Iranian defense stations falls into a strategic plan that now allows the aviation of Israel to proceed with a new phase of the offensive: the entry of military aircraft into the Tehran area to hit the targets selected within the capital. Meanwhile, the financial statements of the victims among the high Iranian military spheres following the bombings conducted by Israel is worsening. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic has confirmed the death of two high officers during recent attacks. According to what reported by the Communications and Information Center of the General Staff, cited by the Iranian official media, it is by Gholamreza Mehrabideputy chief of military intelligence, and of Mehdi Rabbanideputy commander responsible for operations at the headquarters. Both have lost their lives in the last wave of Israelis raids. The supreme guide of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khameneihas appointed a new commander at the helm of the aerospace force of the revolutionary guards, following the death of the previous manager in an attack attributed to Israel. Through an official decree, Khamenei has designated Majid Mousavi as successor of Amirali Hajizadehdeceased in recent raids conducted against Iranian strategic objectives. Mousavi He will take command of the aerospace division of the body of the guards of the Islamic revolution.
The Iranian answer
Etti Cohen EngeL was identified as the second of the three victims caused by the intense missile bombardment launched by Iran between yesterday evening and the first hours of this morning. Engel lost his life in Ramat Gan, in the center of Israel, hit by one of the ballistic rockets launched during the attack. In the following hours the death of Yisrael Aloni, 73 years old, who died in the bombing that hit the city of Rishon lesson. Another person died in the same attack, but at the moment the authorities have not yet released the identity. Oltre to the three dead, there are about 70 injured following the massive launch of about 200 ballistic missiles by Iran. According to reports from the Israeli defense forces (IDF), most rockets were intercepted by the air defense systems. However, about 25% – less than 50 missiles – was not neutralized “according to protocols”, since they are intended to affect open areas without sensitive objectives or strategic infrastructures. The IDFs added that a limited number “by Ordigni managed to penetrate the defenses and hit urban areas in the heart of the country, including residential neighborhoods of Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan And Rishon lesson. According to the “New York Times”, Iran had planned to launch a massive attack on Israel with a total of 1,000 ballistic missiles in response to raids against its nuclear plants. However, the operation would not have been achievable due to the serious damage suffered by the Iranian missile bases following the Israeli aerial bombings. Two sources inside the US newspaper would reveal it to the US newspaper Iranian revolutionary guards. According to the report, these damages would have forced Tehran to drastically reduce the scope of the attack, limiting itself to launching about 100 missiles in each of the first offensive waves.
There are nine Iranian scientists killed so far
The Israeli defense forces (IDF) revealed the names of the nine Iranian nuclear scientists killed on Friday morning, during the first assault launched against the atomic program of the Islamic Republic. The army also illustrated the operations conducted to neutralize them in detail. According to IDF, the murdered researchers would have played a key role in supporting Iranian efforts for the achievement of the atomic bomb. As Times of Israel writes, the nine identified scientists are: Fereydoon Abbasinuclear engineering specialist; Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchiphysicist; Akbar Motalebi Zadehexpert in chemical engineering; Saeed barjimaterial engineer; Amir Hassan Fakhahiphysicist; Abd Al-Hamid Minoushehrexpert on nuclear reactors; Mansour Asgariphysicist; Ahmad Reza Zolfaghari Daryaninuclear engineer; And Ali Bakhoui Katrimispecialist in mechanics. “All affected scientists and technicians represented crucial resources for the Iranian nuclear apparatus, and cumulating a multiple year -old baggage of experience in the design of atomic weapons”, reads the official declaration of the IDF. Some of the names listed, according to the Israeli sources, would have been the direct successors of Mohsen Fakhrizadehknown as the “father” of the Iranian atomic program, killed in 2020 in an operation attributed to Israel. According to the military report, scientists were eliminated during a coordinated series of simultaneous attacks that took place in the early hours of Friday in the capital Tehran, in the same wave in which numerous high military officers were killed, including six high -ranking commanders. “The elimination operation was possible thanks to an intense intelligence activity that lasted over a year, conducted within a secret and compartmentalized program of the Israeli army”, reported the IDFs. Within this plan, dozens of intelligence analysts “have operated for years in the context of a reserved mission aimed at identifying and locating key figures of the Iranian nuclear program is also specified.
The Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with his shoulders to the wall
The wide offensive launched by Israel against Iran pushed the Islamic Republic on the edge of a strategic collapse, putting the profound vulnerability in intelligence and security systems bare which, for almost four decades, supported the power of theyatollah Ali Khamenei. As reported by the “Wall Street Journal”, the following day to a series of targeted attacks against nuclear infrastructures and key figures of the Iranian military and scientific system, Tehran responded with the launch of dozens of ballistic missiles on Tel Aviv. However, most was intercepted, causing content damage: three dead and numerous injured, without however obtaining a real deterrent effect. The supreme leader, eighty -five years old and seriously ill, is now located at the center of a crisis of power. The options available range between military escalation – which could however trigger an even harder reaction from Israeli – and the possibility of diplomatic concessions, which in its most conservative entourage would be perceived as a capitulation. Hitting US objectives or western interests in the Red Sea could also trigger a direct response from Washington, a scenario that Khamenei He has now tried to avoid caution. At the same time, international pressures to reopen the nuclear negotiations collide with the obstinacy of the ultra -care environments on which the leader has made more and more entrusting over the years. For decades, Khamenei has led the expansion of the Iranian influence in the Middle East using the revolutionary guard and a branched network of Sciite militias. Internally, it has maintained power through a mixture of ideological loyalty, systematic repression and capillary control. Today, however, that model shows evident signs of failure, worn out by a conflict that risks eroding the regime instead of strengthening it. “If Khamenei He was honest with himself, he would admit he lost, “he told the” Wall Street Journal ” Afshon Ostovarprofessor to Naval Postgraduate School. «Everything he built is crumbling under his eyes. The ship that led for forty years has stumbled. ” Finally, the Defense Minister of Jerusalem Israel Katz threatened the Supreme guide Iranian: «If Khamenei He will insist on hitting the Israeli internal front with his missiles, then Tehran will be reduced to ashes “
