At the beginning of the conflict, Iran carried out large-scale missile launches against Israel, but now fewer missiles are needed for strikes as hitting targets in Israel has become easier, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on March 11.
The US and Israel initially claimed their "preemptive" attack was necessary to counter the perceived threat coming from Iran's nuclear program, but they soon made it clear that they want to see a change of power in Iran.