Israel launched a blistering assault on Iran overnight, striking 100 targets including Tehran's nuclear and military sites and killing senior military figures.
The strikes came as a shock to onlookers, who had predicted that a vague threat of kinetic action would be enough to gain leverage in talks over a new nuclear accord.
But with startling efficiency, Israeli intelligence is said to have gone behind enemy lines to disable Iranian defences, clearing the way for the Israeli Air Force (IAF).
'Operation Rising Lion' is said to have been 'years' in the making, the culmination of careful research and planning by the military, Mossad and Israel's defence industries.
Israeli security sources have now revealed how commandos infiltrated Iran with 'special weapons' to knock out Tehran's defences as jets flew overhead.
