Israel caused unprecedented damage to the Iranian elite

Israel’s attack on Iran was not only more than its previous military operation last year, but it seems that it adopted some of the strategy that was used in the Israeli attack against Hezbollah in Lebanon last November.

This is not only to strike Iranian missile bases – and thus its ability to respond by force – but also to strike at the direction of the main members of Iran’s leadership.

This strategy of beheading the top figures in Hezbollah was devastating consequences for the group and its ability to install a sustainable counter attack.

Footage of Tehran showed what appears to be specific buildings, similar to the pictures of Israel’s attacks on the southern suburbs of Beirut, which culminated in the killing of Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah.

No one of this size seems to have been killed in Iran. Supreme leader Ali Khawni was not targeted.

But to kill the Chief of Staff of Iran, Hussein Salami, Commander of the Strong Revolutionary GuardsAnd many nuclear scientists, in the early hours of the operation, is to have inflicted an unprecedented degree of damage to the elite of Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested that this may last for several days

This seems to require a severe response from Iran from what we saw in two attacks on Israel last year.

But it may also make Tehran’s ability to call such a more difficult response. This assumes that it is the account that Netanyahu made in the matter of this escalation in the conflict.

Why did he decide to proceed with the attack at the present time – the attack that has been defended for a long time – could be for the reasons he presented.

In a statement issued long ago after the start of the operation, he said it was the issue of Israel’s survival.

But Netanyahu has made the argument for many years that Israel is facing an existential threat if Iran gets a nuclear bomb. To emphasize renewed urgency, a senior Israeli military official said that there is information that Iran has enough materials to make 15 nuclear bombs within days.

But there was also a completely different factor in playing.

The talks between the United States and Iran on a deal on Branan’s nuclear program were about to enter their sixth tour on Sunday. There were conflicting signs about the amount of progress made in this.

For Netanyahu, it may seem to be a decisive moment to ensure that what an unacceptable deal he sees will be stopped in its paths.

Militarily, he and his advisers may have felt not only Iran, but that its agents in the region – Hezbollah in particular – have weakened to the extent that the threat that was previously put forward is not now strong.

The coming hours and days will appear whether it has been proven to be correct or a serious miscalculation.