Israel attacked Iran with no realistic regime change plan — 'wishful thinking,' security sources tell Guardian

Multiple Israeli security sources have told The Guardian that Israel did not have a realistic plan for regime change when it launched its attack on Iran. The sources said expectations that the airstrikes could lead to a popular uprising inside Iran were driven by 'wishful thinking' rather than realistic planning or solid intelligence assessments. The disclosure is significant because Netanyahu publicly framed the operation in part as designed to 'create conditions for the Iranian people to remove the cruel tyrannical regime.' The Guardian's report suggests this objective was aspirational rather than operational — there was no concrete plan for what follows military strikes. The revelation raises strategic questions about the endgame of the US-Israeli campaign: if regime change is not operationally planned, what constitutes success?