Overview

• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed the Iran-focused mission as 'Operation Rising Lion,' describing it as a people-driven effort.
• Mossad Director David Barnea said the agency now operates with more imaginative capabilities and greater strength inside Iran, including in Tehran.
• Barnea recounted that a 'pagers operation' ordered a year earlier preceded IDF actions and, he said, the elimination of Hassan Nasrallah and Hezbollah leadership ten days later.
• Netanyahu framed Iran’s nuclear ambitions as an existential threat that required immediate action, crediting Mossad with helping to thwart it.
• The Prime Minister’s Prize honored 2023–2024 Mossad operations described as the tip of a broader two-year effort, with leaders signaling continued activity.