Israel underestimated Iran’s ability to regroup after military commanders killed, analyst says

 

Iran’s continued missile strikes on Israel are showing Tehran forces can regroup even after Israel killed multiple military commanders in its initial attack, an analyst told CNN.

“They (the Israelis) underestimated the Iranian ability to regroup after the Israelis very successfully targeted the top leadership of the Iranian military and managed to kill several of them,” said Trita Parsi, vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

Parsi said Israel believed they had “disrupted Iranian command and control” but that idea was “quickly restructured.”

What we are seeing now is that “Iranian missiles are successful in penetrating all layers of Israel’s air defense systems,” Parsi said.

Parsi was speaking to CNN as new waves of Iranian missiles rained down in the early hours of Monday morning and struck multiple locations.

Casualties are mounting on both sides as Iran and Israel widen attacks. Tehran residents are attempting to flee the capital in search of safety, while explosions and fire were seen in Israel overnight with residential buildings hit.

Some context: Iran’s highest-ranking military officer, the head of its elite Revolutionary Guards Corps and its air force and a former national security chief were killed in Israel’s unprecedented Operation Rising Lion last week.