The American people are not being told why Israel agreed to a ceasefire with Iran. Yes, Israel was rapidly running out of air-defense interceptors (making it more vulnerable to Iranian attacks.) But that issue is only of secondary importance. The real reason they wanted a ceasefire was because they were getting systematically pulverized and needed to stop the bleeding fast. That’s why Israel ‘threw in the towel’ less than 2 weeks after the opening salvo, because Iran was decimating one target after another with no end in sight. So, Israel capitulated.
Of course, that is not the story we’ve been reading in the western media where there’s no mention of the vast destruction of Israeli strategic targets (by Iranian ballistic missiles); that news has been completely omitted from the mainstream coverage. But that’s why Israel persuaded Trump to find a diplomatic off-ramp; because the losses were beginning to mount and Iran was not ‘letting up.’
Let’s summarize: In a little more than a week’s time, Iran struck or obliterated:
The “Israeli Pentagon”, the Kirya military-intelligence complex
The Weizmann Institute of Science which plays a role in Israel’s clandestine nuclear program
The Aman military intelligence headquarters at the Glilot Mizrah Interchange, near Herzliya. Aman oversees elite spying units such as Unit 8200 (signals intelligence), Unit 504 (human intelligence), and Unit 9900 (geospatial intelligence).
Branches of the Israeli ministry of interior affairs responsible for internal military coordination
The Mossad’s operational headquarters
Israel’s most protected Nevatim Airbase (and the Tel Nof Airbase)
Ben Gurion Airport (repeatedly) as well as Ramat David, Palmachim and Ovda near Eilat.
The Command-and-Control Centers of the Israeli military and Mossad in both Tel Aviv and Haifa…..
The Bazan Oil Refinery in Haifa—Israel’s largest fuel processing center
A giant power station in Ashdod, triggering a powerful explosion and localized blackouts.
The Rafael Advanced Defense Systems complex north of Haifa—home to multiple factories and R&D buildings that produce key elements of Israel’s military hardware
The Kiryat Gat Industrial Zone—a major center for microprocessor and high-tech military production
The Gav-Yam Negev Advanced Technologies Park near Beersheba, which hosts firms working in cyberwarfare, AI, and military tech.
Tel Aviv at dusk
Get the picture? In just 10 days (June 13 to June 23) the Iranian military meticulously destroyed a sizable portion of Israel’s most prestigious military, intelligence, industrial, energy, and R&D facilities across the country. (Have you read about any of this in the western media?) Had the war continued for another week or two, the Holy Land would have been reduced to a smoldering third world wasteland unfit for human habitation. In short, this was no normal ceasefire. This was a desperate capitulation by an overmatched contender who quickly realized he was punching ‘above his weight’.