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Israel and U.S. Shift Focus to Iran's Military Industry
(Ynet News) Ron Ben-Yishai - Israel's security leadership convened Monday evening to assess progress in the war against Iran. The picture presented was positive. "Even very good," said a senior security official. "We have achieved far more than we expected by the tenth day of the war." The assessment was based on a detailed list of targets the IDF had planned to strike according to priorities and timelines prepared in advance. Hundreds of Iran's long-range ballistic missile launchers were destroyed in the early days of the war, while others were disabled. Hundreds of missiles were also eliminated. As a result, Iranian forces have been firing only isolated missiles at a time instead of barrages of dozens of missiles. The next stage focuses on destroying Iran's military-industrial infrastructure which manufactures missiles, missile fuel, launch systems, navigation equipment, and attack drones. Because Iran is geographically vast, Israeli officials acknowledge the task cannot be completed by Israel alone, and the U.S. is now intensifying its involvement in the effort. Intelligence officials believe the regime may face growing unrest once the fighting subsides as Iran's economic difficulties, already severe before the conflict, have worsened considerably. In Lebanon, Israeli strikes have targeted branches of Hizbulllah's Al-Qard Al-Hasan banking system. For the first time, Hizbullah fighters reportedly did not receive salaries this month.