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Israeli officials: Strikes seek ‘game over’ for regime, Iranians to soon get signal to protest — report
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Israel believes that the joint campaign with the US against Iran is progressing more quickly than anticipated, and that the regime will struggle to withstand the full implementation of the campaign plan, Channel 12 reports, citing a senior Israeli official.
It will be “game over” for the regime, according to the report, meaning that it will not be able to stand up to protesters if they take to the streets once again.
Israel is now focused on massive strikes to take out the government’s means of repressing citizens in Tehran, including the Revolutionary Guards, according to the report.
“In order to create the conditions for toppling the regime, you must wipe out whoever harms the ability to topple the regime, and we are focused on that,” says a senior Israeli official. “Very soon the Iranian people will receive the signal to head out from their homes, the Iranians will understand that and see it with their own eyes.”
The US and Israel could call on Iranians to take to the streets within a few days, says Channel 12.
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