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Inside ‘Operation Narnia,’ the Daring Attack Israel Feared It Couldn’t Pull Off

Pilots trained for years and intelligence forces built up networks for the multipart offensive in Iran, which included a gambit called ‘Red Wedding’

Iranians in front of a billboard showing military leaders during an anti-Israel rally in Tehran on June 14. ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH/EPA/Shutterstock

At midnight on June 13, Israel’s generals gathered in a bunker beneath Israeli air force headquarters and watched as jets descended on Tehran in an operation they called “Red Wedding.” 

Hours later and 1,000 miles away, Iran’s top military commanders were dead—a mass killing much like the famous wedding scene from the show “Game of Thrones.” 

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