The IDF on Thursday stated that its previous two assaults on Iran this yr have enormously improved its probably success within the occasion any future assault on Iran is important.
Further, IDF sources stated that there’s heavy ongoing planning work happening to be able to strike the Islamic Republic once more if that turns into obligatory.
On April 13-14 and once more on October 1, Iran launched large direct missiles and drone assaults on the Jewish state.
Israel counterattacked on April 19 and once more with a a lot bigger counterstrike on October 26, which took out round 20 completely different Iranian anti-aircraft and ballistic missile websites in addition to one nuclear website.
Weakened Iranian air defenses
This newest IDF assertion on Thursday signaled that not solely are Iranian air defenses weaker than they’ve been in years however that the air drive believes its direct expertise in partaking Tehran has considerably improved its understanding of higher handle such long-range and sophisticated assaults sooner or later.
Meanwhile, the IDF stated that the air drive’s report on the October 7 failure has been prepared for a while and submitted to the IDF excessive command.
This follows prior statements by the IDF navy, land forces, and different parts of the IDF, who’ve stated even weeks in the past that their October 7 stories had additionally been submitted.
It seems that IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi has held all of those stories on his desk till all IDF stories are in in order that they will all be launched on the identical time, giving a complete image.
Many additionally anticipate that Halevi could resign round when he presents the October 7 stories, with the most recent predictions for that being by the top of February.
Despite these predictions, the IDF beforehand dedicated to producing the October 7 stories by June after which by July-August.
However, after withering criticism of its Be’eri October 7 report in July, Halevi recalculated the rollout of the stories in order that any criticism of discipline commanders would solely happen concurrently criticism of himself and different prime IDF officers.
