“The eyes and timing of any modern air defense system, radars don't just spot things,” the analyst explains. 

"The Oil is beginning to flow, and the professionalism and dedication between both Countries is a very nice thing to see," the US president wrote on Truth Social.

“In every war, destroying a launcher is a very popular claim because it implies that the Israelis have reduced future attacks. This is a domestic and international message that ‘we have achieved the main objectives of the military campaign’. But the standard of evidence is another matter,” says Elijah Magnier, prolific journalist and war reporter covering Middle East conflicts since the 80s.

“What is credible is before and after imagery. So showing an identifiable launcher vehicle, and they have to be authentic, not a decoy. And then geolocated strike footage, with clear launcher signature, and [a] pattern of fire decline consistent with launcher attrition,” Magnier explained.

“The Americans and the Israelis can claim that they've hit a ‘suspected’ launch site and they've used this term a lot, which means there is no proof of a launcher present, or there are strikes on empty pads or decoy equipment,” Magnier emphasized.

"The region will not be a party to conflicts and will remain, as always, a factor of peace," he said.

"We keep it very ambiguous because we don't want to make our enemies, our adversaries, any wiser," he told Newsmax.

"The cost ratio per shot, per interception, is at best 10 to one. But it could be more like 60 or 70 to one in terms of cost, in favor of Iran," the NYT quoted a US drone manufacturer as saying.

🔊 "A short while ago, the Israeli Air Force completed a wave of intelligence-based strikes in Beirut against several command centers belonging to the Hezbollah," the IDF said.