Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Israeli opposition party Yashar and former Israeli army chief of staff, said toppling the regime in Iran is not an achievable goal and that making it a goal in the recent operation was a mistake, and he endorsed the assassination of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Reports also addressed a disagreement inside Israel over the feasibility of toppling the Iranian regime by force, amid continued tension between Washington and Tehran and a US-Israeli war on Iran.
The first and second sources focused on Eisenkot's statements themselves, with the second adding details of the Army Radio interview, his description of the assassination as "correct and justified," and the context of Netanyahu's announced desire to topple the Iranian regime, while the third source focused on an internal Israeli disagreement over the feasibility of toppling the Iranian regime by force without naming its parties.