Miles away, deep inside Iranian territory, Israeli intelligence operatives launched attack drones against key nuclear facilities in the city of Natanz. While in Tehran, chaos rippled through the regime’s highest ranks after a spate of precision assassinations.
Among the dead: Iran’s chief of staff of the armed forces, top commanders of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard(IRGC) and several of Iran’s leading nuclear scientists. It soon became clear that this was far more than a standard military strike.
Friday’s surprise attack, codenamed ‘Operation Lion’, has crippled Iran’s nuclear proliferation campaign from within its own borders.
A damaged building in the Iranian capital, Tehran, following an Israeli attack on 13 June (Photo: Anadolu)
As the dust settles on the latest chapter in Israel’s history of spycraft, the country’s army and media have laid out a seemingly coordinated account of the operation.
Years of preparation
Operatives working inside Iran gathered detailed intelligence and conducted surveillance on senior Iranian officials and nuclear scientists, many of whom fell victim to Friday’s attack, according to Israeli media.
Videos later released by the IDF on Telegram appear to show clandestine Mossad operatives launching drone attacks from within Iranian territory, against key military and nuclear targets.
Iran’s nuclear facilities (Photo: Anadolu)
Months before the strikes, Israeli diplomats had also ought support from international allies for the attack. Earlier this year, senior Israeli officials reached out to American counterparts with a plan that would have combined an Israeli commando raid on underground nuclear sites with a bombing campaign carried out by US airforces, according to The New York Times.
Following Friday’s offensive both US and UK officials have staunchly denied any involvement with the Israeli operation.
Strikes at the heart of Iran’s nuclear programme
At around 4 a.m. local time, the first explosions were reported in Iran as more than 200 fighter jets struck dozens of targets. The IDF have labelled this as a “pre-emptive” attack and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised statement that “Operation Rising Lion” had struck sites in the “heart of Iran’s nuclear enrichment program”.
The Natanz nuclear facility in Iran is believed to be a key site for the country’s enrichment of uranium. (Photo: Maxar Technologies)Several nuclear scientists were killed in the strikes, including Ali Shamkhani, who has been spearheading a nuclear talks committee. Shamkhani was appointed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and is a former secretary of the National Security Council.
The IDF is claiming to have “eliminated” key members of Iran’s military apperatus (Photo: IDF)The coordination between the Mossad’s surveillance operation and IDF strikes led to precise targeting of Iranian officials. Strikes targeted buildings said to be the homes of senior military commanders and advisors – with images showing how drones blasted through the walls of high rise blocks.
Buildings in residential areas across Tehran are damaged following Israeli strikes on Iran’s military chiefs and nuclear facilities (Photo: Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu)Covert Israeli units inside Iran
In conjunction with Israeli air strikes, Israeli media reports that “activation signals” were sent to Mossad operatives hiding inside Iran. The orders saw drones and missiles target key Iranian surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missiles, hampering Tehran’s response to the attack.
Israeli media reports suggest the drones were positioned “well before” the attack by agents working for Israeli intelligence.
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