We reported tonight on Channel 14:
A significant escalation — Israel is now actively working to destabilize the Iranian regime through a newly approved strike plan authorized by Defense Minister Katz and Prime Minister Netanyahu.
As part of the operation, regime targets in Tehran will now be attacked, accompanied by the mass evacuation of civilians from those areas as a means of applying pressure on the regime, in response to attacks on the Israeli home front.
The plan is designed to trigger a mass exodus of civilians from Tehran and serves as a powerful lever of pressure on the regime — in a way that could destabilize it. In this context, Defense Minister Katz's statement today can be understood as a message to Khamenei: “Tehran will be treated like Beirut.”
Today, in a meeting held by the Defense Minister in the command bunker with IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and the IDF General Staff, the operational details of the plan were finalized. The IDF Spokesperson issued its first Arabic-language announcement calling on civilians to evacuate areas near weapons sites in Tehran.
A security official told Channel 14 News: “Each day the plan will intensify and produce results. Today we struck the Iranian Ministry of Defense — additional targets will be attacked soon.”