Excellent thread assessing the first 24 hours on the US/Israel attack on Iran. Nadav is really worth a follow especially now.
1/ Eighteen hourse since the start of the U.S.–Israel operation against Iran - several insights and new pieces of information.
***The Middle East is still in shock over the assassination of Ali Khamenei, the world’s longest-serving dictator and the architect of the “Axis of Resistance.” Together with other eliminations, this is a strategic blow of historic magnitude - and the first time Israel has killed the head of a sovereign state.
In many ways, Israel has sought to restore its deterrence after October 7, once it became clear it had none- not vis-à-vis Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, or the Houthis. The killings of Sinwar, Nasrallah, Khamenei, and Assad’s flight to Moscow are an attempt to rebuild regional deterrence.