The U.S. and Israel Kill Iran’s Supreme Leader: A War Redefined

Israel just lit the fuse on the most consequential escalation of the entire war. Josh Hasten and JNS CEO Alex Traiman break down Operation Roaring Lion / Epic Fury, the joint Israeli-U.S. strike campaign inside Iran that reportedly took out Ayatollah Ali Khamenei first, along with senior IRGC leadership, flipping the script on what was “off-limits” before. You’ll learn how Iran’s retaliation strategy may be less about “winning” and more about dragging Israel and the U.S. past their endurance limits, why Israel’s layered missile defense (Arrow/THAAD/David’s Sling/Iron Dome) is both miraculous and finite, and what a regime decapitation could mean for Iran’s internal uprising and the wider region.