The targeting of leaders and sensitive sites relied on activating intelligence teams, pre-positioned weapons and other capabilities that had long lain dormant.

The Israeli Air Force’s strikes in Iran were prefaced by a number of covert operations spearheaded by Israel’s spy agency, including building a drone base inside of Iran, an Israeli security official said Friday.

Israeli security sources revealed that Mossad operatives were deployed deep inside Iran to sabotage weapons systems as part of a coordinated assault on nuclear and military targets, while