JAKARTA - The secret service used fake phone calls to trick Iranian air force (AU) officials into gathering at one location, before launching a directed attack, said a commentator on Channel 12. Israel.
Israel launched airstrikes in the "Raising Lion" operation on Friday last week, targeting a number of targets of Iran's nuclear and military facilities.
In a statement confirmed to The Jewish Chronicle by Israeli sources, Amit Segal told the podcast "Call Me Back", "What Israel is doing is making fake phone calls for 20 senior members of the air force staff and calling them into certain bunkers in Tehran," as quoted June 17.
"This means no one gave orders to fire the initial salvo of 1,000 ballistic missiles like Iran had previously threatened," he added.
According to sources familiar with the operation, Mossad began targeted disinformation efforts days before the attack.
Using fake communications through Iranian channels, they trigger what looks like an emergency meeting.
It managed to attract all senior leaders of Iran's Dirgantara Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including the commander Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh, his deputies and key technical personnel, into a fortified bunker outside Tehran.
Moments before the attack began, the bunker was hit by a precision airstrike, which killed Iran's top missile command.
Israeli officials said the goal was clear; preventing launches believed to be more than 1,000 ballistic missiles aimed at Israeli territory. None at all survived to give orders to retaliate.
Soon after, Israel launched a massive campaign in Tehran and other strategic areas, which hit missile, infrastructure and air defense sites.
A senior Israeli security official told Fox News Israel managed to eliminate most of the IRGC air force's leadership in the attack on June 13.
"We did a special activity to help us learn more about them, and then use that information to influence their behavior," the official said.
"We know this will make them meet, but more importantly, we know how to keep them there," he said.
According to the official, the attack was more effective than expected, adding that the impact of the attack on the commanders doubled when Israel used drones to destroy air defense systems and ballistic missiles throughout Iran shortly after.
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Following the Israeli attack, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has appointed a number of new officials to replace a number of senior Iranian military officials who died on Friday, quoted from IRNA.
Those killed included the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri, IRGC Commander Major General Hossein Salami, Khatam al-Anbia Headquarters Commander Major General Gholamali Rashid, and IRGC Air Force Commander Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh.
In its publication on Friday Khamenei appointed Major General Abdulrahim Mousavi as Iran's Armed Forces Chief of Staff.
In a separate announcement, Khamenei also announced the appointment of Major General Mohammad Pakpour as Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and Major General Ali Shademani as commander of Khatam al-Anbia Headquarters.
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