Overview
- Netanyahu issued a renewed appeal to Iranians this week, calling it a once-in-a-lifetime chance to remove the Ayatollah-led government.
- He said Israel, working with the United States, has intensified operations, declaring they are hitting Tehran’s rulers harder than ever.
- Netanyahu claimed Israeli strikes have targeted IRGC personnel and missile infrastructure, including thousands of fighters and hundreds of launchers, figures not independently verified.
- He framed the campaign as directed at Iran’s leadership rather than civilians, saying Israel is the Iranian people’s ally and aims to avoid harming them.
- Reports note uncertainty over public response in Iran due to pervasive internet outages and a sweeping crackdown, with humanitarian groups citing death toll estimates ranging from 7,000 to more than 30,000 and thousands of arrests.