[US-Iran Airstrike] "Airstrike Launched on Saturday Morning Targeting Iranian Leadership Meeting"

WSJ: Airstrike Timed to Iranian Officials' Schedule

The United States and Israel reportedly decided to carry out an airstrike on the morning of the 28th (local time), timing it to coincide with a meeting of Iran’s top leadership in an attempt to eliminate Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on this day, the United States and Israel determined the timing of the airstrike based on intelligence about the schedule of high-level meetings among Iranian officials. Although defenses could be weaker late at night or in the early morning, they selected the time and place when Iran’s top officials would be gathered together, thereby maximizing the effectiveness of the attack.

An Israeli military official stated that three locations where Iran’s senior officials were assembled were attacked simultaneously, resulting in multiple deaths. Another source familiar with the operation said that after the U.S. military reinforced its forces in the waters near Iran for several weeks, it launched the attack in broad daylight as part of the operation’s surprise tactics.

In fact, following the outbreak of the Iraq war in 2003, the United States had deployed its largest amount of firepower near Iran.

On the day of the attack, an aircraft carrier was stationed in the waters near Iran, with destroyers and coastal attack ships also standing by, equipped with ship-to-surface missiles.

The missiles launched from there were fired at designated coordinates, such as the meeting places of Iranian officials and Khamenei’s residence, immediately after the order to begin the attack was given. Hundreds of drones were also mobilized for this strike.

The New York Times (NYT) also reported that the Israeli military chose Saturday morning as the time for the airstrike in order to launch a surprise attack on Iranian officials.

The timing of the attack chosen by the United States and Israel proved effective in increasing the impact of the airstrike. Reuters reported that Iran’s Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander-in-Chief Mohammad Pakpour were believed to have been killed in the strike.

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