Israel launched a series of strikes on Thursday evening against Iran to take out the regime’s uranium enrichment sites and many of its senior military leaders and senior nuclear scientists.

After the attacks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a video assuring the people of Iran that their conflict is not with them and the goal is for Israel is to clear a path to freedom.

Walid Phares, a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump during his 2016 presidential bid, told Newsmax on Friday that “80% of the Iranian people basically reject the Islamic regime in Iran.”

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