Sources said the U.S. strikes was designed to signal an end to the war in Iran, and the international community may now increase pressure for a cease-fire

Israel believes that the fate of the war with Iran now lies to a large extent with Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the way he chooses to respond to the American attack.

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