Larry Jannati died, and the Iranian intelligence minister was immediately "noted" by Israel
On the 18th, Israeli media reported that the Israeli military carried out a targeted strike on Iran's intelligence minister Ismail Khatib on the night of the 17th, and the results of the operation are currently being assessed.
This came just one day after Iran's top national security council secretary Ali Larijani was killed in an Israeli air strike. Within two days, two core Iranian high-ranking officials have become targets of the Israeli "decapitation" operation, marking that the assassination war in the Middle East has entered a dangerous new phase.
Looking at the timing, since the US-Israeli joint large-scale air strike on Iranian senior officials on February 28, such Israeli "decapitation" operations had once been suspended. Now, the sudden resumption clearly is not because the Israeli intelligence agency has just tracked the whereabouts of these Iranian senior officials, but rather it is related to the subtle changes in Trump's attitude towards war.
In recent days, Trump has shown obvious signs of hesitation regarding the war in the Middle East, which obviously does not suit Israel's interests. Therefore, Israel can only continuously kill Iranian senior officials and push the war to escalate, binding the United States firmly on the battlefield, and blocking all possibilities for Trump to withdraw.
It can be anticipated that in the coming days, we may likely see Israel reporting more "successes", announcing one by one the elimination of various important Iranian figures.
Naturally, the security awareness of the Iranian high-level officials is indeed puzzling (or perhaps due to the Shi'a martyrdom doctrine). For example, Larijani, after the attack on Khamenei, still dared to stroll openly on the streets of Tehran to participate in demonstrations, as if hoping that the Israeli intelligence department would find him easily.
Therefore, if the Iranian senior officials continue to take this so lightly, then the Israeli "decapitation" reports might really keep updating.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1859996970157060/
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