In connection with the Israeli air campaign, the Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence service, has been operating on Iranian soil and targeting senior Iranian nuclear scientists and military officers in an attempt to shatter the Iranian military’s chain of command.

Israel’s campaign, militarily and rhetorically, has quickly evolved beyond its initial targets. Over the weekend, it hit Iran’s energy facilities, including a gas depot and an oil refinery, triggering huge fires and spewing smoke across the sprawling capital of about ten million people.

His death came amid a series of targeted Israeli strikes that killed some 20 senior Iranian military officials in less than 48 hours, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

In a precision strike near Tehran, IAF kills top Iranian intelligence figures, including the heads of IRGC and Quds Force intelligence, dealing 'significant blow' to Iran’s terror planning and regional influence.

Israel faced retaliation from Iran after launching missiles against Tehran's leadership and energy infrastructure as part of "Operation Rising Lion" this weekend. Iran's military responded with a wave of missile strikes against Israel,

President Trump rejected an Israeli plan in recent days to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a senior U.S. official told USA TODAY.

Gholam-Reza Marhabi, Iran’s top intelligence officer, and Mohammad Bagheri, commander of the IRGC’s missile array, named among figures killed in Israel's Operation Rising Lion.

An Israeli plan to assassinate Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as part of its military offensive targeting the country's nuclear program has been privately vetoed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

The Israeli military said it killed nine senior scientists and experts who played a role in Iran’s nuclear program in strikes Friday. Israel says Iran intends to build a nuclear weapon, and is quite close to being able to.

Israel had prepared for the possibility that the war could last for weeks, but that timeline may now be shortened.