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,

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Israel and Iran have opened a new chapter in their long history of conflict when Israel launched a major attack with strikes early Friday on Tehran.

Jonathan Conricus, a former IDF spokesperson, says Iran is "the weakest that I've ever seen it" after Israel's launch of Operation Rising Lion.

Since 2010, the Mossad – the cunning intelligence agency – has been linked to the assassinations of at least four other Iranian scientists.

The tensions escalated after Israeli armed forces took Iran by surprise and attacked Iran nuclear and military sites under ‘Operation Rising Lion’.

Mossad released footage of covert operations inside Iran, including drone strikes on missile launchers and air defense systems, preventing attacks on Israel. Weapons were smuggled in, granting Israel air supremacy.

The Mossad on Friday morning has led a series of attack operations and other missions in the heart of Iran. These operations are focused on harming Iran's strategic missile capabilities. They are also focused on harming Tehran's air defense capabilities.