IDF spokesman says military exceeded goals and objectives in Iran war

By Emanuel Fabian

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8 April 2026, 9:10 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Smoke rises following strikes on Tehran on April 7, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin says the military “met all the goals and objectives set for it, and even exceeded them” during the war in Iran.

“We set out for Operation Roaring Lion to severely damage the Iranian terror regime and remove existential threats to Israel over time. We significantly struck all of its systems and capabilities, eliminated its leadership, damaged its command and control systems, eliminated many of its commanders, and severely hit its military industries, ballistic missile array, economic targets, and nuclear targets,” he says in a press conference.