Revealed only after Israel's strikes on Iran, it read, "The people shall rise up as a great lion. He shall not lie down until he eats the prey and drinks the blood of the slain." ...

Israel unleashed some 200 warplanes against 100 or so targets. Other military and intelligence assets — including Israeli commandos smuggled inside Iran — are believed to have been mobilized as well.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a seven-minute video in which he confirmed a military operation against Iran called “Rising Lion” had begun and could last “as many days as ...