Israeli PM Netanyahu says 90% of the mission has been accomplished in Iran, Channel 7 reports; adds, striking Iranian nuclear facilities is not enough as long as the regime remains in power

Israeli PM Netanyahu says 90% of the mission has been accomplished in Iran, Channel 7 reports; adds, striking Iranian nuclear facilities is not enough as long as the regime remains in power.

Statements of near-complete mission success paired with explicit regime-change rhetoric have historically marked the transition from a defined military campaign to an open-ended one, and the distinction matters for how risk is priced. In prior episodes of Israel-Iran escalation, crude and Gulf freight and insurance costs have moved on the perceived duration and breadth of the campaign rather than on any single strike; language framing facilities as insufficient implies follow-on operations rather than a declared endpoint, which is the configuration that has tended to sustain a geopolitical premium rather than allow it to fade. The '90% accomplished' framing cuts both ways: it can precede a declared victory and de-escalation, or serve as domestic justification for continuing until the stated condition, regime change, which is not achievable by air campaign alone. The tell in comparable sequences has been whether operational tempo actually slows after such claims and whether the other party's retaliation targets remain calibrated or broaden to energy infrastructure and shipping lanes. Worth observing is any parallel signalling from Washington on support or constraint, and whether Iranian official rhetoric shifts toward negotiation or further retaliation. As leadership commentary rather than a confirmed operational event, the signal is directional but historically such rhetoric has preceded, not followed, the next phase.