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by Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv for ProPublica
Aug. 7, 2025, 5 a.m. EDT

[fascinating article]

Reporting Highlights

  • Covert Ops: Commandos that the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence service, recruited from Iran and neighboring nations destroyed Iranian air defenses in the first hours of a June attack.
  • Intelligence Gathering: Israeli operatives identified the bedrooms in which Iranian nuclear scientists were sleeping, enabling precise airstrikes.
  • Cyber Deception: Israel sent a fake message that summoned senior Iranian military leaders to a phantom meeting in a bunker that was then bombed by Israeli jets.

These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.

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[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I'm kind of surprised they didn't do this earlier. A lot of people in Iran are not too fond of their government, and it's not like this is a very novel idea. The US and USSR have been trying to do shit like this to each other all through the cold war.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

How do you think scientists was killed in iran in 2010? Spies from within is not new

Taking a page from the Russian playbook. It’s a fairly open secret at this point that Putin basically orchestrated the whole thing, as a means to firm up nationalistic support behind him so he could ascend to power. Remember his resume: KGB, and working directly with the Stasi in the former GDR.

[–] july@leminal.space 7 points 1 day ago

Evil ass country