Israel’s plan to kill more than a dozen of Iran’s top nuclear scientists all at once was the culmination of a decade-and-a-half of stalking and targeting — and seemed so far-fetched it was dubbed “Operation Narnia.”
The June 13 stealth attack saw nine scientists wiped out when Israel dropped a barrage of missiles onto their Tehran homes in a near-simultaneous onslaught.
At least five more were killed in subsequent strikes by the Jewish state
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The timing of the strikes, carried out at the outset of what President Trump has dubbed the “12-day war,” was chosen to ensure the scientists couldn’t scatter or go into hiding, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources familiar with the plan.
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