ISRAEL PERSPECTIVE

Tel Aviv rolls out its strike ledger with the confidence of a general staff that knows wars are also won on spreadsheets.

Defense Minister Israel Katz personally confirms the strike on South Pars, "Iran's largest petrochemical facility," located in Asaluyeh. The Jerusalem Post spells out the math: combined with last week's attack, the two main Iranian petrochemical facilities — responsible for 85% of the country's petrochemical exports — are now "out of use." Katz and Netanyahu have ordered the IDF to "continue attacking" Iranian infrastructure.

Simultaneously, the military announces the elimination of three distinct commanders: Khademi from IRGC intelligence, Imam Hussein Division artillery commander Kamil Melhem, and a senior Quds Force officer. 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."

Israel's angle is crystal clear: the war is framed as a systematic degradation operation — economic through South Pars, military through command decapitation. Spokesperson Nadav Shoshani announces there will be "no immunity" for Iranian infrastructure. The message is aimed as much at Tehran as at the 45-day ceasefire negotiators: Israel has no intention of stopping.