FDD Morning Brief A post-Khamenei Iran | feat. Nadav Eyal
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Mar 2, 2026 
Nadav Eyal, Israeli journalist with deep knowledge of Israeli politics and security, shares frontline perspective. He describes life in Israel under strikes and the risks on the northern front with Hezbollah. They discuss Israel’s capacity for simultaneous operations, planning for Iran’s future leadership, covert exile networks, tight U.S.-Israeli military coordination, regional realignment, and the idea of targeting Iran’s energy sector.
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Unprecedented US Israel Military Coordination
- Israel and the U.S. have forged unprecedented military coordination to degrade Iran's regime and capabilities.
- Jon Schanzer and Nadav Eyal describe simultaneous sorties, shared intelligence, and joint operations aimed at leadership decapitation and strategic strikes.
Air Superiority Is The Key Metric
- Air superiority over Iran is decisive because without functioning air defenses the regime becomes vulnerable to repeated sorties.
- Schanzer urges watching declarations of total air superiority and the depletion of Iranian launchers and air defenses as war metrics.
Hezbollah Presents Northern Front Risk
- Lebanon and Hezbollah are the primary proxy risk that could open a costly northern front for Israel.
- Nadav Eyal warns Hezbollah still holds thousands of short- and medium-range missiles and Israel is preparing targeted strikes including on Hezbollah's shadow bank Qard al-Hassan.