Mossad Chief David Barnea on Wednesday issued a rare video excerpt to the public of an address to his Mossad agents involved in the sensational operations against Iran on June 13 and afterward, which brought the Islamic Republic to its knees.
Almost tauntingly to Tehran, he told his Mossad agents, “We will [continue to] be there, like we have been there.”
Barnea said that the spy agencies’ achievements against Iran were “unimaginable,” with public details indicating they were involved in assassinating top Iranian military chiefs and nuclear scientists and blowing up nuclear facilities, drone facilities, and ballistic missile facilities.
In a stunning disclosure, the Mossad has acknowledged that it had hundreds of agents inside Iran at the height of its operations, which threw the regime on its back heels from the start of the war. He said that the Mossad had worked for months and years “to do all of the right actions to get to the right moment...We understood the fatefulness of the hour.”
Barnea also thanked IDF intelligence, the IDF Chief Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, and the CIA for their invaluable cooperation during the operation.
He then turned to discuss the Gaza front, stressing that the Mossad is committed to returning all 50 of the hostages, 20 of whom remain alive. Previously, there were two hostages whose statuses were unknown.
Mossad collaboration with Israel's air force in Iran strikes
The Mossad on Friday released stunning and rare video footage of its co-lead role with the air force in Israel’s preemptive strike on Iran’s ballistic missiles and air defenses. Three videos show the Mossad targeting ballistic missile targets, air defense targets, and general preparations for the attacks (with the agents’ faces covered up.)
From the perspective of the videos, it appears the Mossad used drones from inside Iran to attack various targets.
Iran has previously accused the Mossad of using drones to attack the Karaj facility in June 2021 as well as other operations.
Although far more information has been publicized about the IDF’s actions, these videos give readers a rare front seat into what normally are entirely clandestine operations, which the Mossad does not even admit to.
Jerusalem Post Staff contributed to this report.