Israel's military said it used 200 fighter jets on around 100 targets, in the most significant attack Iran has faced since the 1980s
Mossad footage shows strikes on Iranian air defenses in Iran (Image: Mossad/Times of Israel)
New footage released by Israel’s spy agency Mossad has shown the moment agents launched missiles from a secret explosive drone base inside Iran.
One of the videos purported to show two covert agents targeting launching missiles from inside Iran, The Times of Israel reported.
Israel attacked Iran early Friday local time, in a series of strikes that killed top Iranian military officers and hit nuclear and missile sites. The attack raised concerns of an all-out war between the two countries.
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Israel’s military said it used 200 fighter jets on around 100 targets. It was the most significant attack Iran has faced since its 1980s war with Iraq.
In retaliation, Iran launched over 100 drones toward Israeli territory on Friday. Israel said the drones were being intercepted outside its airspace.
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) June 13, 2025The Mossad spy agency reveals footage showing its actions against Iranian air defenses and ballistic missile launchers in Iran this morning.
According to an Israeli official, the Mossad built a secret explosive drone base in Iran for this morning's operation.
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Israel reportedly spent years preparing for the operation - dubbed “Rising Lion” - including building a drone base inside Iran and smuggling weapons systems and commandos into the country.
The Israeli attack struck Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facility at Natanz.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attack was necessary to head off an imminent threat that Iran would build nuclear bombs.
“This is a clear and present danger to Israel’s very survival,” he said.
The Israeli military warned that the country must prepare for “a prolonged operation.”
Israeli strikes hit the Iranian capital Tehran on Thursday (Image: Getty)
Iran claimed the attack targeted residential areas in Tehran. The country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that Israel “opened its wicked and blood-stained hand to a crime in our beloved country, revealing its malicious nature more than ever by striking residential centers.”
US President Donald Trump described the attack as "excellent" and warned of "more to come."
"We gave them a chance and they didn't take it. They got hit hard, very hard. They got hit about as hard as you're going to get hit. And there's more to come. A lot more," he told ABC News.