Mr. President, this extreme theocracy needs to fall. Make its destruction as explicit a policy as the defeat of Nazi Germany or Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.

Striking such a major centrifuge manufacturing site in 2021 and again now could severely set back Iran’s program for enriching uranium.

In his first remarks since Friday, when he delivered a speech broadcast on state media after Israel began bombarding Iran, Khamenei said peace or war could not be imposed on the Islamic Republic.

The Iron Wall operation began in January and targeted refugee camps and small towns in the northern West Bank, emptying them.

The military later announced it had begun conducting strikes in the area.

The target bank in the overnight strikes was primarily focused on missile production and launchers, but also included nuclear centrifuge production sites.

Katz said "symbols of the regime are being blown up and collapsing, from the official state broadcaster and soon other such targets."

Since the beginning of Operation Rising Lion, the US Defense Department has increased the number of missile defense systems stationed in the region.