Posted on 06/14/2025 3:09:03 PM PDT by Freeleesy
For many decades, Israel was considered the master of deception. Its ability to pull off strikes in unthinkable ways has made Mossad a stuff of legends. Think of Adolf Eichmann’s abduction from Argentina in 1960, or ‘Operation Munich’ to punish the perpetrators of the Munich massacre during the 1972 Olympics.
In recent times, Israel’s ‘Operation Pager’ struck the world with its ingenuity and out-of-the-box thinking. Israel penetrated Hezbollah’s supply lines to weaponize pagers used by its cadre for communication. ‘In one stroke of the sword, the battle was won.’
Israel decapitated Hezbollah’s top leadership and cadre, breaking its chain of command, before beginning its air campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
However, earlier this month, Ukraine launched Operation ‘Spider Web,’ which, according to many analysts, was one of the greatest intelligence operations ever.
In the making for over 18 months, Ukraine smuggled 117 cheap drones into Russia, transported them close to strategic Russian airbases, and launched them with the help of its agents to destroy at least 20 Russian heavy bombers, some of them over 4,000 km away from the Ukrainian border.
For some time, it seemed that the Ukrainian intelligence agency SBU had even toppled Mossad in pulling off unthinkable operations.
However, within weeks, Mossad has made a comeback in style. Israel’s Operation ‘Rising Lion’ has Mossad written all over it, in its planning, use of deception to mislead, sabotage from within Iran, out-of-the-box thinking, and in its audacity to target Iran’s key military and nuclear sites.
How Israel Misled Iran Israel employed a series of deception ploys to mislead Iran into believing that Tel Aviv was focused on the hostage crisis and was not considering a strike on its nuclear facilities.
According to Israeli defense sources, Tel Aviv deliberately labeled Thursday night’s security-cabinet meeting as a discussion on hostage negotiations in order to lull Tehran and green-light the pre-dawn strike inside Iran.
Edited image of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israeli ministers were briefed in advance that the agenda would focus on the stalled talks for the release of Israelis held in Gaza. “The aim was to put Iran to sleep,” the source was quoted as saying by The Jerusalem Post.
Once inside the secure forum, the cabinet unanimously approved the military operation and every minister signed a strict non-disclosure agreement, known as a Shomer Sod (“guardian of the secret”) document.
Further, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office deliberately sent several false signals.
Netanyahu’s aides briefed reporters that he was planning a family holiday in the Galilee and would be attending his son Avner Netanyahu’s wedding on June 17, to mislead Iran into believing that no significant military action was imminent.
Furthermore, a statement was released indicating that Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and Mossad Director David Barnea would fly to Washington on June 13 to meet US envoy Steve Witkoff for a “sixth round” of Iran-US nuclear talks in Oman. In reality, they stayed within Israel to plan and oversee Operation ‘Rising Lion’.
Israeli sources also claim that several fabricated stories about differences between Trump and Netanyahu were deliberately leaked to the media to give the impression that the US and Israel were not on the same page on the issue of striking Iranian nuclear sites.
Together, all these strategies created a smokescreen, giving Iran a false sense of complacency, which proved fatal for Tehran.
Mossad On The Ground Mossad played a key role in this operation, from planning to executing the strike.
Israel and Mossad had prepared for years for this operation. Striking Iranian nuclear sites had long been on the agenda of Israel, even before the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas.
A security official told The Times of Israel that Mossad built a drone base inside Iran and smuggled precision weapons systems and commandos into the country.
The effort hinged on tight joint planning between the IDF and the Mossad intelligence agency, the source said.
These drone bases behind the enemy lines were utilized to neutralize Iranian air defense systems and surface-to-surface missiles just before Israel began its air campaign to target Iranian nuclear sites, ballistic missile depots, and the headquarters of Iranian armed forces.
“Mossad agents set up a drone base on Iranian soil near Tehran. The drones were activated overnight, striking surface-to-surface missile launchers aimed at Israel,” he said.
Mossad also released a video showing its commandos working within Iran to target its air defense systems and missile launchers.
Mossad has released footage of its operations this morning on the ground in Iran, which involved the targeting of surface-to-air missile launchers and ballistic missiles aimed at Israel. Drones were launched and struck a ballistic missile site near Tehran, preventing Iran from… [pic.twitter.com/dewxcEZjSW] — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) June 13, 2025
Drones were launched and struck a ballistic missile site near Tehran, preventing Iran from launching an immediate response against Israel. At the same time, air defenses were destroyed, allowing the Israeli Air Force to carry out strikes against targets in Western Iran.
Additionally, vehicles carrying weapons systems were smuggled into Iran.
Mossad commandos operating inside Iran used these drones, precision missiles, and vehicle-mounted weapons systems to target Iranian AD systems and missile launchers.
These sabotage activities ensured that Israeli planes had the freedom to fly unchallenged over Iran.
The operations relied on “groundbreaking thinking, bold planning and surgical operation of advanced technologies, special forces and agents operating in the heart of Iran while totally evading the eyes of local intelligence,” the official told the Times of Israel.
Simultaneously, Israel launched air raids on Iran with 200 fighter jets, employing 330 munitions and targeting nearly 100 sites, including high-value targets such as the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, Arak, Isfahan, Tehran, Kermanshah, and Tabriz nuclear facility.
The operation was a spectacular success for the IDF and Mossad. Nearly 100 high-value sites were targeted within Iran, employing 200 fighter jets and without the loss of a single aircraft.
Mossad has many legendary operations to its name. However, operation ‘Rising Lion’ was special even according to Mossad standards.
several fabricated stories about differences between Trump and Netanyahu were deliberately leaked to the media to give the impression that the US and Israel were not on the same page on the issue of striking Iranian nuclear sites. Together, all these strategies created a smokescreen, giving Iran a false sense of complacency, which proved fatal for Tehran.
Attacking Russia’s nuclear deterrent based upon intel gathered because of treaty arrangements was about the dumbest thing that the Western enablers of that coke addled idiot could have done. There is no upside and a huge downside. Z just made it necessary to sacrifice himself in atonement.
Is this a fact or is it some unknown person’s opinion?
The “Master of Deception” is allah and satan “the father of lies”. Israel is the master of the counter punch against evil.
Huh. How did Holocaust, Babylonian captivity and Roman destruction of the Temple figure in that? Maybe you can all give me 15 different versions of scripture on how that works. Argue amongst yourselves. LOL!
LOL, the treaty Russia suspended? Okay
Putin signs law to suspend Russia’s participation in New START
https://tass.com/politics/1582823
Reports are that Israel, working the CIA, designed and deployed Spiderweb. I posted a vanity last night about the remarkable similarities between the two. Made of the same hand obviously. Trump attacked the Russian nuclear triad as a test run for his Rising Lion operation.
The bad news is Trump did not take out Iran day one. Rising Lion opened up the air defense for the limited success Trump had. Now it’s Day 2 and Iran is standing, its nuclear program remains very viable, Bibi is already officially begging for his American cannon fodder and Israel will continue to be hit.
Oh yeah, about Trump and Bibi running that operation against Russia’s triad. With everything (mainly American level intell) Putin is about to supply his treaty partner, karma is going to be a real bitch. It’ll be measured in dead and maimed American boys.
One of my favorite Mossad operations was the worm they inserted into Iranian centrifuge motor controls (made by Siemens) that told the operators everything was running just fine when in fact they were spinning out of control and blew themselves apart.
No one knew how that happened for a few years and then a couple of investigative journalists figured it out.
Got any web linky’s?
THey said they were withdrawing on a certain date but would observe the treaty until then. Then your glorious friends and associate proved to the Russians why they should not trust the US State Department, intelligence agencies or our allies.
I am not myself a great fan of arms control treaties, but it is a deadly serious subject and some of my friends and colleagues devoted their careers to negotiating these things.
But LOL keep proving what a slovenly and abjectly ignorant fool you are.
This is a bit dated. I posted it last night. I saw reports today that IDF/Mossad agents were most likely in Ukraine during that 18 month set up SETTTING SPIDERWEB UP. Trump and Bibi will not be able to bomb Iran into submission. After ten years of Saudi/ US carpet bombing, the Houthis are still shooting missiles into Israel. It will take an invasion.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4322938/posts
Russia has found Israeli involvement, British and US in the bombing of the nuclear triad.
Russia thinks Israeli’s helped Ukraine from start to finish.
Of course they have. They find what they want to find.
The mere fact that Israel, the UK and the US have aided Ukraine is enough to say there is “involvement”.
“Involvement” is a vague and flexible term.
This guy is handling Ukraine.
https://x.com/i/status/1933759597765869643
Move over Abe.
Why this guy is in this admin ? I dunno.
“It will take an invasion.”
Not gonna happen.... to the table the mullahs will come.
Amazingly similar operations the first day and both countries hate Iran. Not saying anything here, but......
Not sure Ukraine hates Iran. Other than it hates that it helps provide drones for Putin. BTW. Israel doesn’t hate Iranians. But it is against the regime, of course.
True
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