Cabot Phillips

Around six to eight of those countries were hit.

So early on, it appears that the American strikes have focused more on the Iranian nuclear facilities and then other military sites across the country.

Remember, Iran was working feverishly to rebuild a lot of those sites that were badly damaged or even destroyed during Operation Midnight Hammer.

Now, for their part, the Israeli military mostly was going after senior leadership within the regime.

Their strikes reportedly targeted top generals, the country's president, and armed forces chief of staff, and even the Ayatollah himself.

Footage from Tehran shows smoke rising from a number of compounds that house the country's senior leadership, including the country's presidential palace.

According to the New York Times, satellite imagery also appears to show that the Ayatollah's primary residence has been completely destroyed.

Elsewhere, Israeli media is reporting that Mohammad Pakpour, he's the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, has been killed.

During his early morning address, Trump gave the Islamic Revolutionary Guard the following ultimatum.

Yeah, that's right.

Very different from Operation Midnight Hammer.

This strike is expected to be just the first of many strikes.

This will not be a limited operation.

The Pentagon says these strikes will go on for at least the next few days, as you mentioned, potentially weeks.

President Trump offered a sober warning to the American people that there may well be American casualties when all is said and done, saying, quote, this is what happens in war.

Well, it seems like the main goal is to knock out Iran's nuclear sites and weaken their military.

But President Trump, look, he also made it clear that he wants to see regime change from within when led by the Iranian people themselves.

In an just extraordinary statement, Trump called for the Iranian people to rise up and overthrow the Ayatollah's regime.

But ultimately, the prospect of potential regime change, again, it's going to come down to the Iranian people themselves and how they respond over these next 24 to 48 hours.

We've already seen unprecedented demonstrations this year against the regime.