ISRAEL PERSPECTIVE

Tel Aviv rolls out its strike tally with the confidence of a military command knowing war is won on spreadsheets as much as battlefields.

Defense Minister Israel Katz personally confirms the South Pars strike, "the world's largest petrochemical complex," located in Asaluyeh in southern Iran. The Jerusalem Post details the accounting: with this attack and the previous week's, Iran's two main petrochemical installations, representing 85% of the country's petrochemical exports, are "out of service." Katz and Netanyahu have ordered the IDF to "continue attacking Iranian infrastructure."

Simultaneously, the military announces eliminating three separate commanders: Khademi for IRGC intelligence, artillery commander of the Imam Hussein Division Kamil Melhem, and a senior Quds Force commander. The Imam Hussein Division is identified as the force tasked with "strengthening the Axis of Resistance and executing terrorist attacks against the IDF and Israeli civilians."

The Israeli angle is clear: the war is presented as systematic degradation — economic through South Pars, military through command decapitation. Spokesman Nadav Shoshani announces there will be "no immunity" for Iranian infrastructure. This message is aimed as much at Tehran as at ceasefire negotiators: Israel has no intention of stopping.