Ahead of Israel's airstrikes on Iranian military and nuclear facilities on Thursday night, Israel's espionage agency established a military base in the country that stockpiled drones, a senior Israeli security source said Friday. The drones had been smuggled into the country long before and were used during the strikes.

Ahead of Israel's airstrikes on Iranian military and nuclear facilities on Thursday night, Israel's espionage agency established a military base in the country that stockpiled…

Israeli air defenses repelled an Iranian airborne assault launched in retaliation for Israeli airstrikes aimed at preventing Tehran from developing a nuclear weapon.

In a brazen stealth operation, Mossad was said to have set up a secret base of drones laden with explosives, tasked with striking defences near Tehran.

The operation would have been planned years in advance