#Latest news with #decapitationstrikeWashington Post2 days agoPoliticsWashington PostIsrael seized an opening to strike. The hard part may be closing it.Israel struck decisively Friday at what its leaders have called 'the head of the snake' — assassinating senior Iranian military commanders and scientists who helped direct Tehran's nuclear program and proxy forces, along with a range of other military targets. In its first hours, this appeared to be conceived as a 'decapitation' strike, much like Israel's devastating attack last fall against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Washington Post2 days agoPoliticsWashington PostIsrael seized an opening to strike. The hard part may be closing it.Israel struck decisively Friday at what its leaders have called 'the head of the snake' — assassinating senior Iranian military commanders and scientists who helped direct Tehran's nuclear program and proxy forces, along with a range of other military targets. In its first hours, this appeared to be conceived as a 'decapitation' strike, much like Israel's devastating attack last fall against Hezbollah in Lebanon.