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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held his first press conference since the start of the war this evening (Thursday) via video conference.
During the press conference, Netanyahu addressed Hezbollah's attacks on Israel and stated that the Iranian proxy terror group would "pay a very heavy price."
"This is no longer the same Iran, this is no longer the same Middle East, and this is also not the same Israel. We initiate and attack with force. Trump and I talk almost every day, exchange ideas and advice, and decide together," Netanyahu said.
However, he added that he cannot guarantee "that the Iranian regime will collapse, if we join forces, we will repel the enemies time and time again."
The Prime Minister promised that "many more surprises are expected in the campaign. We have the upper hand, much more than we expected."
I think the big hope was that when the attack started, the ayatollahs would pick up and run like crazy. I don't think the US and Israel expected them to stick around.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't going to be any easier than Gaza, and thst dragged on for years and still the opponent has not been ousted.
DeletePresident Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu went in based on the intuition that the Iranian regime's moment in history has passed.
Their successes so far have been astounding. No aircraft lost except to friendly fire.
We mourn all the soldiers "who have given their lives and the civilians who have been killed; and those who have been injured have our sympathy.
In terms of war, though, the casualties are on the low side. This has encouraged both the President and PM to keep pressing forward.
The entire Iranian navy is gone!
The IRGC is maybe 250,000 people according to Google AI. Their buildings are turning into rubble. In a country of tens of millions of people who hate them, how long can they last?
The electrical grid in the country still is mostly untouched. Once that goes down, the U.S. taking over will go pretty smothly. The IRGC units won't even have communications capacity at that point.