Game Changer

Israel’s precision airstrikes on carefully selected targets have exposed Iran’s defenses as a sham, shattering its deterrence capabilities and leaving it with only bad choices

Last Shabbos night, three weeks after Iran’s ballistic missile attack on Israel, over 100 Israeli fighter jets embarked on a mission that will go down in history. Operation Days of Repentance — the first open Israeli attack on Iranian soil — changed the rules of the game in the Middle East and proved that distance is no longer a guarantee of immunity for the ayatollahs’ regime.

“The IDF is currently carrying out precise strikes on military targets in Iran,” IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari announced at 2:30 a.m., as news agencies reported a series of explosions in Tehran and the industrial city of Karaj.

The attack, which was approved by the security cabinet in a phone meeting, was carried out in full coordination with the Americans, who were notified several hours in advance.

The complex operation took place in three waves. In the first stage, F-35 stealth fighter jets targeted Iran’s air defense systems. At the same time, to prevent detection, the Air Force destroyed radar stations in Syria. The destruction of Iran’s air defenses, including expensive Russian S-300 surface-to-air missile batteries, cleared the way for the later waves of attacks.