Israel forces have repeatedly hit Iran’s defenses. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel had worked to “peel off the layers of protection” of Iranian defenses.

Iran has failed to organize ground-based air defenses in ways that could have significantly impeded the ability of Israeli aircraft to operate over its territory. This was, above all, the result of a fatal political miscalculation.

The Iranian military has been largely unable to prevent missile attacks and Israeli aircraft from entering its air space.