Dov Lieber

And this could be an even fiercer border for Israel in the future.

Why did it hit steel production facilities?

Because you need steel to create missiles and other types of weapons.

But at the same time, you also need steel to get your economy moving and working.

So in one swift move, Israel harms the industrial capability of Iran, but it also harms its economy.

Their hope is that by doing this, they can buy time.

And in that time, by the way, that they buy, who knows what happens?

Maybe there are more protests happening.

Maybe the American government begins a new economic strangulation campaign after the war to slowly bring the Iranian government down.

So the slower they can recuperate, the more time the Israelis and the Americans have a chance to actually achieve regime change.

So that's why they're going after all the supplies.

They just want to buy more time.

Look, it's the million dollar question.

From speaking to my sources here in Israel, I hear one to two weeks they could be done hitting all the targets they really want to hit.

And once that happens, they can focus their energy on helping the Americans achieve their goals if they want to escalate.

Throughout this entire war, Trump has sent two different signals.

The war will stop soon.

The war is going to keep going.

So, you know, on the one hand, he's got the stick.

OK, and it's moving towards the region right now, the new stick.