2025 Israel - Iranian conflict

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Not sure if this has been posted yet but there’s a piece on Axios by Barak Ravid detailing the Israeli strikes and sabotage.

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Some things that stood out:

As it became clear
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, the commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' air force convened in a bunker to coordinate the response.

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    knew that emergency protocol, and the location of the bunker. They destroyed it, killing the overall commander and the heads of the drone and air defense forces. "The fact that there was nobody to give the order neutralized an immediate Iranian response," an Israeli official said.
  • They were among the more than two dozen Iranian commanders targeted in a sprawling attack on Iran's military command-and-control. The heads of the IRGC, the Iranian military and Iran's emergency military headquarters were all eliminated in the opening salvo
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Meanwhile on the ground, Israel's Mossad spy agency was conducting a series of covert sabotage operations deep inside Iran to take out air defenses and ballistic missile launchers.

  • Hundreds of Mossad agents both inside Iran and back in headquarters were involved, including a special unit of Iranian operatives working for Mossad.
  • In central Iran, Mossad commando units had positioned guided weapons systems in open areas near Iranian surface-to-air missile launchers.
  • In another area inside Iran, Mossad covertly deployed weapon systems and sophisticated technologies hidden in vehicles. When the Israeli attack began, these weapons were launched and destroyed Iranian air defense targets
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Mmmeeeto said:
The assumption is Israel may or may not continue their military operation in Iran.

So depleting most of their BM stockpile and hindering their ability to retaliate again is unwise

We'll see how this influences Israel's operation in Iran
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No Israel has clearly spelled out their intentions to go tit for tat if Iran struck back. I expect them to continue destroying military infrastructure and BM launchers in Iran but I could also see them expand their targets to oil refineries and such.
 
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