Daniel Estrin

Israel says Iran may also be rationing munitions gearing up for a long war.

An official in the region who spoke on condition of anonymity tells NPR Israel thinks it can achieve its war goals in two weeks total.

Israeli officials say they want to create the conditions for Iranians to topple their government.

Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

Well, yesterday, Israel focused on targeting regime symbols in Iran.

So it bombed the Iranian intelligence ministry headquarters, the state broadcaster, the presidential office, the building of the National Security Council.

Today, Israel's military says its focus is on Iran's missiles and missile launchers.

And already, Israel says it has destroyed hundreds of ballistic missiles and dozens of missile launchers in Iran.

And you really see a huge drop in the number of missile attacks on Israel, which could be because of all that degraded infrastructure.

It also could be because Iran may be rationing its munitions, gearing up for a long war.

Well, the Israeli military today said it's preparing for weeks of war.

I spoke with an official in the region who spoke on condition of anonymity who told me Israel thinks it can achieve its war goals in two weeks total.

But the question of war goals is a key one.

We are hearing a lot of mixed messages about the goals.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on Fox News yesterday saying regime change is the goal.

US officials, however, are walking back the idea that this is a regime change war.

They're saying only that that outcome would be nice.

On the ground in Iran, we are not seeing Iranians

under bombardment, pouring into the streets, protesting against their government, trying to take it over.

And Israel today said it's not planning to send ground troops to Iran.