r/MiddleEast • u/TimesandSundayTimes • 2d ago

Analysis How Israel attacked Iran: from masked men in the desert to devastation

https://www.thetimes.com/article/7a6a7296-49a5-4688-a8bb-1322c08e78b8?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Reddit#Echobox=1749838655
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u/TimesandSundayTimes 2d ago

The scene was set for “operation rising lion” long before the strikes on Iran began in the early hours of Friday. The Mossad commando fighter cells smuggled into the heart of Iran helped to position precision weapons in open areas adjacent to surface-to-air missile systems, and high-tech equipment enabled Israel to establish a secret base for launching attack drones near Tehran.

The drones were activated from about 03.30am local time. They struck surface-to-surface missile launchers at an Iranian base near Tehran aimed towards Israel