Israel has carried out a targeted strike against the military command echelon of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. As a senior Israeli security official confirmed to Fox News, the operation to eliminate Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of the Revolutionary Guard’s Air Force, relied on an elaborate deception. “We deliberately worked to understand their patterns—and used that knowledge to steer their behavior,” the source said.
The misleading of Iran’s air force leadership described in this case is part of a broader Israeli model: targeted, often long-prepared operations that rely on psychological, operational, and technological deception, misdirection, and asymmetric warfare.
According to the report, Israeli intelligence analyzed the decision-making processes and movement patterns of Iran’s leadership over an extended period. The insights gained were used to direct senior officers to a specific location—and keep them there long enough for a precise airstrike to be executed. “We didn’t just know they would meet—the key was that we knew exactly how to pin them down at that location,” the official explained. However, the source did not disclose...
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