Jerusalem Post sources say Prime Minister Netanyahu continues to push for
Iranian regime change while Mossad chief Roman Gof is drafting plans to advance
that aim; the IDF is focused primarily on eliminating concrete threats. Cited
potential targets include the PICKAXE MOUNTAIN nuclear site; operations to
reduce the risk of Iran retrieving 60% enriched uranium from the rubble of three
previously struck nuclear sites; new facilities linked to weapons R&D; newly
built or repaired ballistic missile production sites; and strategic-weapons
projects. Israeli officials have also publicly threatened strikes on Iran’s
major energy infrastructure. It is unclear whether assassinations of senior
Iranian officials would be included. Since June 2025 Israel has killed twice
Dozens of senior Iranian officials, including, the report says, Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei, but other senior regime figures have remained defiant. Public
discussion of action against Mojtaba Khamenei — identified in the report as Ali
Khamenei’s son and the regime’s current top leader — has been limited.
