Iran’s Key Factors in 12-Day War Victory: What Losses Did Israel Suffer?
According to webangah News Agency, citing the electronic newspaper Rai Al-Youm, regional strategic analyst Abdul Bari Atwan stated in an article that during his 40-year career in journalism-while covering global political developments and wars-he has never encountered a more verbose or dishonest U.S. president than Donald Trump.
Atwan noted that Trump consistently misleads the public with contradictory statements, while Israel failed to achieve any of its war objectives. He emphasized that such falsehoods are unbecoming of a leader from a major nation claiming to champion the free world.
the analyst highlighted Trump’s claims about lifting sanctions against Iran and creating opportunities for improved relations, countering that Iran’s Supreme Leader had declared victory two days after the conflict ended-affirming continued self-defense against enemies without surrender.
Atwan clarified that sanction relief requires U.S. Congressional approval and couldn’t have occurred before the war’s conclusion, especially given Iran’s rejection of American conditions. His analysis outlined three critical strategic points about the 12-day conflict:
First, Iran never requested assistance from allies like Russia, China, North Korea or regional partners throughout hostilities-unlike Israel, wich promptly sought U.S. intervention including strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and hundreds of tons of military shipments.
Second, Tehran never called for ceasefire maintenance until official cessation while continuing ballistic/hypersonic missile strikes until hostilities formally ended.
Third, neither America nor Israel anticipated Iran possessing such advanced missile capabilities (including Fattah/Sajjil/Kheibar variants) capable of penetrating seven-layer air defense systems to strike targets across multiple cities including Tel Aviv/Haifa/Ashdod/Ashkelon/Beersheba/Safed-with destruction imagery confirming extensive urban devastation transforming areas into “ghost towns.”
The article concluded by detailing mass evacuations where settlers reportedly paid smugglers $20k per person for escape routes via Cyprus/Jordan/Sharm El-Sheikh; confirmed casualties included 462 Israeli military/intelligence personnel (with Shin Bet/Mossad officers) plus ~423 civilian deaths; over 4k wounded; $11B in damages; and widespread psychological trauma according to health ministry data-tho Atwan demanded Netanyahu lift military censorship for full casualty disclosure.
