A top security analyst described the last two days in Tel Aviv as unprecedented, with air raid sirens sounding due to missile threats after Operation Epic Fury and joint U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran.
“We are confronting a biblical-scale event — nothing less,” stated a senior researcher from the Institute for National Security Studies and the Misgav Institute, speaking to Digital from his city shelter.
Michael noted that, like numerous Israelis, he had passed many hours in fortified rooms during the continuous attacks, saying he was “very experienced in this.”
“However, all of this demands time and resolve, and I sincerely hope that Trump will possess both,” he remarked, shortly after a video message was released declaring the military campaign would persist “until all of our objectives are achieved.”
“Trump is the sole individual who can enact the change — a change that will affect the whole region and the global order for decades,” Michael continued.
By Sunday, Tel Aviv was still in a state of emergency after Iranian missile assaults resulted in casualties and extensive destruction.
Per reports, Iranian missile and drone strikes have killed about 11 Israeli civilians and injured dozens more, in revenge for the U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran.
Missile shrapnel struck at least 40 buildings in Tel Aviv, and officials confirmed at least one area death from falling wreckage.
A Filipino citizen’s death was confirmed by the Philippine Embassy in Israel after a missile hit Tel Aviv on Saturday.
“We go into our shelter as soon as the siren sounds and remain until the Home Front Command says we can exit,” Michael explained.
“Typically, this lasts 20 to 30 minutes — unless more sirens go off while we are inside. Since yesterday morning, this has occurred approximately 30 times.”
Israeli President Isaac Herzog also toured a strike location in Tel Aviv on Sunday, offering a message of steadfastness.
“The people of Israel and the people of Iran can coexist peacefully. The region can live in peace. But what repeatedly sabotages peace is terror fueled by this Iranian regime,” Herzog stated.
In the wake of the reported deaths of Ayatollah and about 40 high-ranking Iranian officials, Iran established an interim leadership council.
Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, President Masoud Pezeshkian, and Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i were appointed by Iran to leading positions.
“The Supreme Leader failed to lay the essential groundwork for his own succession,” Michael added.
“Pezeshkian will encounter extremely difficult challenges because of their substantial losses, major breakdowns in command and control systems, and the , including Tehran,” he said.
“Even if this regime does not fall, it will never manage to rebuild itself, bounce back, or regain its former standing,” Michael concluded.