"The War Has Not Ended": Israel Tallies Its Home Front While Trump Holds the Trigger
Israeli media count 650 Iranian missiles and 24 dead as the ceasefire collapses — and signal readiness for a third strike mostly through American channels, keeping the decision in Washington's hands.
Israeli reporting tallies the war that began February 28: roughly 650 Iranian missiles fired at Israel, 24 civilians killed — ten by cluster munitions — 7,835-plus wounded and 5,500-plus displaced, against 10,800-plus IAF strikes on 4,000-plus targets. The ceasefire is "in tatters" after a week of intensified US strikes; Iran fired on Jordan and Kuwait on July 23. Netanyahu insists "the war has not yet ended" and that Iran "will not be permitted" a nuclear weapon "regardless of any agreement." Trump said he was weighing a strike "larger than Operation Epic Fury," that Israel "would join in two minutes if I asked," but "we don't need anybody" — as the US House voted to bar further war absent congressional approval.
Assessment: The "third strike" readiness is being messaged largely through US channels — Fox News, Trump quotes — rather than firm Israeli operational statements, suggesting Jerusalem wants to look ready while keeping the trigger in Trump's hand. The domestic pressure point is the home-front cost: cluster-munition deaths and displacement. Treat "Israel ready to strike again" as signaling, not a confirmed decision; the casualty and strike tallies are Israeli-provided.