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Israel has issued a warning to the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding its preference for civilian targets. More on this can be found here: “Israel’s message to Iran: Target population centers, IDF will strike infrastructure,” by Amichai Stein, Jerusalem Post, June 14, 2025:
Israel conveyed a message in the last 24 hours to Iran that it would strike strategic infrastructure across the country if the Islamic Republic targets civilian population centers in Israel, sources with knowledge told The Jerusalem Post on Saturday.
Senior Israeli officials held discussions with top Trump administration officials, expressing interest in US participation in a strike on nuclear facilities.
“We hope this will ultimately come to pass,” an Israeli source told the Post.
Some 204 people have already been wounded by Iranian attacks, and three killed in Iran’s attacks on Israel launched on Friday evening, Magen David Adom said.
Missiles struck in Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, and Rishon Lezion….
Israel has made it clear. If Iran continues to strike civilians, as with the ballistic missiles it has launched not on military targets, but on civilian streets and buildings in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Ramat Gan and Rishon Lezion, then Israel will no longer limit its own strikes to military targets, as it has done so far, but will hit civilian infrastructure in Iran. This means roads, bridges, electricity plants, water filtration and desalination plants, transportation hubs including airports, and train stations. With all of its aerial defenses destroyed, Iran no longer has any way to prevent Israel’s fighter jets from striking at will.
The Iranians have seen on television the rubble-strewn streets, and the bomb-blasted buildings, of Gaza. Do they want Tehran, Isfahan, and Tabriz to look like that? Or will the Supreme Leader and his remaining civilian and military advisers come to their senses, and spare the people of Iran even more misery?