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Israel Exceeds Expectations in Striking Iranian Military Targets
(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel - The scale and pace of strikes on targets in Iran during the current war has pleasantly surprised the Israeli defense establishment. According to Israeli and American assessments, more than 3,000 members of the Iranian security services have been killed (the real number may be double that) and more than 7,000 wounded. A significant portion of the offensive effort is currently being aimed at regime targets - headquarters, bases and commanders of the internal security services, the Basij militia and the Revolutionary Guards. The IDF has divided the targets into important, vital, and essential (in escalating order of importance), and the goal is to finish hitting all the essential targets before the war ends. The Israeli strike on fuel storage facilities near Tehran on Saturday was intended as a signal for the regime, and also to create demoralization via photos of the heavy smoke around the capital. Israel briefed the Americans in advance about the plan to attack the facilities - which aren't connected to oil production but to Iran's internal consumption of gasoline - and encountered no opposition.