Iran’s military apparatus is “in distress” and incapable of launching many missiles at Israel, while members of the country’s security forces stay inside for fear of Israeli and US warplanes, according to an assessment reportedly delivered by the IDF intelligence chief to political leaders.

Despite Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder’s rosy assessment of the the US-Israeli bombing campaign’s operation successes, the closed-door meeting held by political leaders was inconclusive as to whether those successes could be translated into regime change in Iran, Channel 12 news reported Monday.

During the meeting, which took place in recent days, Binder said that lately “the Iranians are starting to realize what happened to them,” according to the unsourced report.

“They’re discovering how exposed their command structure is and the damage that has been caused” in the bombing campaign launched by the US and Israel on February 28, Binder said, according to the report.

The opening salvo of the bombing campaign killed Iran’s supreme leader Ali........

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