By Joe Saunders | Commentary, The Western Journal
After decades of serving as a standing target for terrorist attacks masterminded by Iran, the Israeli military was not messing around.
In five waves of attacks launched Friday, Israeli planes hammered Iranian nuclear sites, military facilities, and the country’s top military leadership, in a day of fury that almost certainly opened a new era of war in the Middle East.
And the breathtakingly bold Israeli operations appear far from over.
“Not since the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s has Iran seen such a devastating series of strikes in a single day,” CNN reported, with uncharacteristic honesty.
From the damage being reported by the Israeli military and in the Western media, the impact has been devastating to the murderous mullahs of Tehran.
On Friday, the Israel Defense Forces published a post to the social media platform X showing what the IDF called “a major strike against Iran’s air defense system in western Iran.”
IDF: The IDF carried out a major strike against Iran’s air defense system in western Iran.
— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) June 13, 2025
Air Force jets, guided by precise intelligence, destroyed dozens of radars and surface-to-air missile launchers.
This operation is part of ongoing efforts to degrade the Iranian regime’s… pic.twitter.com/4Ajr4t7fO5
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