The months-long, US-Israeli mission to find and kill Iran's Supreme Leader
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A joint US-Israeli mission culminated in the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei following a strike on a compound in central Tehran. The attack occurred in the morning after the US and Israel received crucial intelligence about Khamenei's planned meeting with senior military and intelligence figures. For months, the US and Israel had been tracking the Supreme Leader's movements, potentially using both human sources and technical tracking methods, including monitoring bodyguards to establish patterns of life. The intelligence, reportedly from the CIA, was passed to Israel to carry out the strike using long-range missiles. This operation highlights a potential division of labor, with Israel focusing on leadership targets and the US on military targets, and also suggests vulnerabilities in Iranian security despite awareness of the threat.
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