Israel’s Mossad relies on US cover and security rot for Iran strikes - Al Jazeera

Israel’s Mossad relies on US cover and security rot for Iran strikes Assassination strikes in Tehran and Beirut reveal a strategic Israeli dependency on CIA intelligence rather than self-touted operational savvy. As the Israeli military’s media apparatus crows about the February 2026 assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and several family members, as a purely Israeli intelligence triumph, the operational reality on the ground tells a far more complex story. The series of high-profile “decapitation” strikes that also decimated the leadership of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guar

Israel’s Mossad relies on US cover and security rot for Iran strikes Assassination strikes in Tehran and Beirut reveal a strategic Israeli dependency on CIA intelligence rather than self-touted operational savvy. As the Israeli military’s media apparatus crows about the February 2026 assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and several family members, as a purely Israeli intelligence triumph, the operational reality on the ground tells a far more complex story. The series of high-profile “decapitation” strikes that also decimated the leadership of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guar