Jerusalem had prepared a large-scale strike on Iran that was canceled just one hour before takeoff, Israeli Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Omer Tishler revealed in a letter to IAF personnel on Tuesday.
The sequence followed an earlier strike in Dahiyeh, a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut, after which Iran launched dozens of missiles toward Israel. The IAF responded with strikes deep inside Iran, hitting dozens of targets and damaging air defenses and regime assets.
Tishler then described a second, far larger operation that had been fully prepared for the following day.
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