Iran, Israel and Mossad
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The Israeli military claims its campaign has eliminated high-value targets, including nine senior scientists, and severely damaged Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. Iranian authorities confirmed damage to four critical buildings at the Isfahan uranium conversion facility,
Long before Israel launched its attacks against Iran on Friday, agents from Israel’s Mossad spy agency smuggled explosive drones and other guided weapons into Iran. As the attack got under way, Mossad
Israel’s historic strike on Iran revealed years of Mossad activity inside the country, including hidden weapons, drones and assassinations of nuclear officials.
Israeli drones disable Iranian defenses ahead of F‑35 strikes, highlighting Israel’s expanding use of off-the-shelf technology in clandestine warfare and marking one of the deepest incursions into Iranian territory to date.
Learn about the Mossad's crucial involvement in preemptive operations against Iran during Operation Rising Lion and its impact.
Israel employed similar covert methods in Lebanon against Hezbollah, using cyber and physical sabotage to disable the group’s communications equipment
Special Mossad units infiltrated central Iran and pre-positioned precision-guided weapon systems near Iranian surface-to-air missile (SAM) batteries. As the Israeli Air Force launched its aerial assault, these systems were activated and launched precision strikes simultaneously, striking key targets with exceptional accuracy.
Precision weapons were also smuggles into central Iran and strategically positioned near surface-to-air missile systems, the official said, adding that Israel also deployed strike systems on vehicles. Israeli media reported that these systems ‘took out’ Iran’s air defences and gave Israeli planes ‘air supremacy’.