The New York Times reported that Israel managed to track the cellphones of bodyguards protecting senior Iranian officials, even though those officials themselves avoided carrying such devices as a security precaution. This allowed Israel to pinpoint their locations and strike them directly.

One of the most notable cases was on the fourth day of the war, when Israel bombed a meeting of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council in Tehran. That strike was, in fact, an attempt to assassinate Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian – an operation that shocked Iran’s leadership and highlighted the depth of Israeli intelligence penetration.