$BTC Israel launched a large-scale operation under the name "The Rising Lion", targeting Iranian nuclear facilities (especially "Natanz" and "Khandab"), missile sites, and the homes of senior military leaders and nuclear scientists.

The operation involved more than 200 aircraft and precision missiles, resulting in the deaths of senior Iranian military leaders, including:

General Mohammad Baqeri (Chief of Staff)

General Hossein Salami (Commander of the Revolutionary Guard)

General Amir Ali Hajizadeh (Commander of the Aerospace Force)

And several Iranian nuclear scientists.