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.

Israeli airstrikes have targeted fuel depots near the airport area in the city of Tabriz, northwestern Iran.

Fires and secondary explosions observed at the site of earlier Israeli Air Force airstrikes near Tabriz in Northwestern Iran, likely targeting IRGC-operated ballistic missile launch and storage facilities.

Israel confirms targeting Iranian missile forces and destroying many of the ballistic missile assets. This likely explains the total lack of a retaliatory missile attack so far.