Hours after its strikes on nuclear facilities in Iran, Israel released purported images showing its Mossad agents assembling missiles and drones aimed at targets near Tehran.
In the first wave of its attack, Israel sent nearly 200 of its warplane fighter jets to strike several nuclear facilities in Iran. It also killed top military leaders of the Iranian military.
According to unnamed security officials briefing Israeli media, similar precision weapons were launched from the trucks smuggled into Tehran and a drone base hidden somewhere near the country’s capital. These attacks were orchestrated to disintegrate Iran’s air defense systems.
Israel’s spy agency says the video shows two agents on Iranian soil deploying precision attack systems designed to destroy Iranian air defence systems.
These drones targeted Surface-to-air missile systems, Ballistic missile platforms, and mobile missile launchers.
The Israeli Air Force used F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jets, manufactured by Lockheed Martin, as part of the operation. These are fifth-generation, radar-evading aircraft and are considered the most modern and lethal in Israel’s fleet.
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The strategic strikes from Israel hit the Natanz Nuclear Facility- Iran’s main uranium enrichment center, IRGC Command Structures-including the Head of the IRGC Air Force responsible for missile strikes, top-tier military leaderships, nuclear scientists, and missile engineers. It is also said that MOSSAD employed commando teams, and pre-placed explosives, all were timed to detonate in synchronicity with the aerial attacks from Israel fighter jets.
Analysts believe Israel appears able to operate with near impunity inside Iran, akin to treating it as a “backyard”, according to analysts. Israeli officials say it took them months to plan out such an attack from inside Iran.
Israel is also seen replicating its anti-Proxy strategy used against Hamas, Hezbollah, and others, now against Iran. Analysts believe this may mark the beginning of the process of regime change in Iran, and not deterrence.
Other footage released by Mossad shows US-made fighter jets being used in strikes against Iran.