A senior Israeli Air Force officer says Israel aims to restore near-normal daily life within days while maintaining sustained strikes deep inside Iran and continuing efforts to weaken the country’s missile capabilities
By: Ron Ben-Yishai – Reuters, YNet; ynetnews.com
Air raid sirens sounded across central Israel on Thursday. Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service said it had not received any reports of injuries. Authorities were checking reports of interceptor debris that fell in central Israel.
A senior Israeli Air Force officer said Israel hopes to restore a state of near-normal daily life within days even as fighting continues, with the military maintaining ongoing operations deep inside Iran against the country’s ruling clerical establishment.
Speaking with ynet, the officer said Israel’s ability to sustain such a situation depends on achieving air superiority and suppressing Iran’s surface-to-surface missile array. “I don’t fool myself into thinking we can completely eliminate it,” the officer said. “But we can reach a better place, and that is the goal.”
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