and (2) that there are effective spies for Russia/Iran within the IDF.
They don't necessarily have to be within the IDF. If the satellite pictures were there it would be a pretty clear warning. I don't know how visible the air fields are from the near the bases, but Israel is so small that I doubt they can afford miles of space between the fences and the runways. If so, it wouldn't be hard to see a lot of aircraft being prepped for a very big mission. Even keeping track of businesses around the base could show a rush - similar to keeping track of late night pizza deliveries to the Pentagon would show when something big is about to happen.
“One heck of an Air Show”, with Dean Wormer in the reviewing stand watching the IDF fly away and he says “I hate those guys”.
Hmm... Israelis have payday loan outlets outside their bases
too?