U.S. media reports that the U.S. intends to destroy Iran's military capabilities and then quickly cease hostilities, while Israel insists on pursuing the assassination of Iranian leaders.

White House officials say the top priority of the United States’ military action against Iran is to destroy Iran’s missiles, nuclear facilities, and naval capabilities, and then end the conflict as soon as possible. A change of regime in Iran is seen as an “additional gain” rather than a core goal. Israel will try to assassinate Iran’s new leadership, and the U.S. is less interested in this than Israel is. In addition, a White House official said, “Israel has other objectives—we know that.” Adam Button, an analyst at the U.S. financial website investinglive, said that Trump and his government officials continue to emphasize the goal of “destroying Iran’s military capabilities,” and they will stick to that. What is not clear is what will happen when Trump announces “mission accomplished.” At the moment, it seems difficult to achieve lasting peace. The attack on Iran’s energy facilities today is a strange escalation of the situation, which again pulls the Middle East away from peace and may lead to long-term reconstruction risks for the energy infrastructure across the entire region. (Sina Finance)