Israel awoke Friday morning to heightened tensions following the country’s official acknowledgment of a large-scale overnight strike on Iranian territory. In response, Home Front Command issued sweeping emergency guidelines for Shabbos, raising urgent questions throughout the country, particularly regarding public gatherings and tefillos in batei knesses.

Israeli spies succeeded in penetrating deep into Iranian territory ahead of Friday morning’s Operation Rising Lion, executing a series of clandestine missions that weakened Iran’s missile infrastructure and disrupted its aerial defense systems.
Mossad agents covertly transported weapons into Iran, where they were used to dismantle military defenses that posed a threat to Israeli forces and strategic interests.
According to Israeli security sources, the agents deployed “significant measures” involving large amounts of specialized weaponry, strategically placing them throughout the country to strike predetermined targets.

In light of the current matzav, the chief rabbis and the Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah of Shas have issued a call, providing guidance on how to conduct ourselves during these perilous times and stressing the need for complete adherence to the instructions of the security establishment.

In the wake of Israel’s strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, a powerful wave of hisorerus has swept through the olam haTorah, with urgent tefillos and Tehillim being recited in yeshivos and batei medrash across the globe.

President Donald Trump issued a strong reaction Friday following Israel’s strike on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, saying the Iranian regime had failed to finalize a deal despite repeated opportunities.
Posting on his Truth Social account, Trump wrote, “I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal. I told them, in the strongest of words, to ‘just do it,’ but no matter how hard they tried, no matter how close they got, they just couldn’t get it done. I told them it would be much worse than anything they know, anticipated, or were told, that the United States makes the best and most lethal military equipment anywhere in the World, BY FAR, and that Israel has a lot of it, with much more to come – And they know how to use it.”

In an unusual move, Israel’s Mossad intelligence service made public striking video evidence of its clandestine operations within Iran. The video appears to capture two operatives launching missile attacks from Iranian soil as part of a broader Israeli campaign aimed at dismantling Iran’s missile infrastructure and defensive capabilities.
An Israeli source revealed that Mossad had quietly built a secret drone launch site inside Iran in preparation for the latest assault. From this covert location, explosive drones were sent to strike missile batteries close to Tehran, effectively hampering Iran’s capacity to respond once Israeli air raids began, the official stated.

Israel intentionally disguised Thursday night’s high-level security cabinet session as one centered on hostage negotiations, all in an effort to mislead Iran ahead of a carefully timed military operation, a senior Israeli official told The Jerusalem Post on Friday.
The official explained that cabinet members were informed in advance that the meeting would deal with stalled efforts to free Israeli captives in Gaza. “The aim was to put Iran to sleep,” the source stated.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a stern warning to Israel on Friday, promising it would suffer a “bitter and painful” outcome following a major Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. In an immediate counter-move, Iran launched over 100 drones toward Israel.
Israeli authorities informed the public early Friday that more than 100 drones had been fired from Iran and were en route to Israeli territory, cautioning citizens to remain near bomb shelters as the drones were expected to take hours to arrive.

In an exclusive phone interview last night with Fox News anchor Bret Baier, President Donald Trump confirmed that he was informed ahead of Israel’s airstrikes on Iran, adding that the United States was not involved militarily in the operation but remains vigilant amid fears of Iranian retaliation.
Matzav.com reviewed the interview and shares some highlights:
“There were no surprises,” President Trump told Baier, making clear that while his administration was aware of the strikes before they began, the U.S. played no direct role. “Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb and we are hoping to get back to the negotiating table. We will see. There are several people in leadership that will not be coming back.”

The IDF confirmed Friday afternoon that it had carried out a strike on Iran’s Natanz nuclear complex earlier that morning, claiming the mission destroyed several subterranean levels of the site. Among the targets hit was the main hall housing a significant concentration of uranium-enriching centrifuges.
Reports also indicated that a second wave of strikes targeted the same site later that day, intensifying Israel’s offensive against Iran’s nuclear program.
According to the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, Natanz is the most critical facility in Iran for enriching uranium. Unlike smaller installations, Natanz is capable of refining uranium to the high levels needed for nuclear weapons, not just for peaceful purposes.