Israel and Iran They face a new climbing chapter in the conflict that crosses them. In the last hours, a new battle front opened before both after the management of Benjamín Netanyahu It will begin an attack against the Iranian territory in the so -called “Ascending León” operation.
Israel-Iran: five keys to the conflict
1) Computer and intelligence crusades
For 2010 the computer virus was discovered Stuxnetthat joint creation between the US and Israel is created. This, by voice of Netanyahu himself, obtained tens of thousands of pages of data showing that they will cover up their nuclear program Before signing an agreement with world powers in 2015.
A former Chief of the Intelligence Agency Mossad later confirmed that the information was obtained by more than a dozen non -Israeli agents in safes in Tehran in 2018.
2. Climbing and nuclear competition
In July 2020, a mysterious explosion destroyed a production plant of centrifugators in the installation of NatanzIran and this blamed Israel. Shortly after, he started Enrich 60% purity uranium.
At the end of that year, the outstanding Iranian military nuclear scientist, Mohsen FakhrizadehHe was killed by a distance machine gun as he was traveling by car on the outskirts of Tehran.
An Iranian senior security official accused Israel to use “Electronic devices“To kill remotely to Fakhrizadeh, which founded the Military Nuclear Program of the Islamic Republic in the 2000s.
3. The war in Gaza and Iran’s support to Hamas
The attack of Hamas of October 7, 2023 against southern Israel intensified regional tensions. Iran, one of Hamas’s main supporthe manifested in favor of the group, tensing his relations with Israel even more.
4. Israel says that Iran wants to destroy the State
The justification that Netanyahu issued on this Friday’s air attack is related to the origin of the conflict. Essentially, he argues that they should avoid “at all costs” that Tehran continues to work on your nuclear weapons development program.
“Letting go improve those nuclear missile abilities would only carry that nuclear nightmare to the cities of Europe and America “he said.
“For years and years, they openly said that They seek the destruction of the state of Israel. This operation will continue during the days that are necessary to eliminate this threat, “he added.
“They supported their genocidal rhetoric with a program to develop nuclear weapons. In recent years Iran It produced highly enriched uranium for nine atomic bombs. In recent months they took steps that they had never given before, “he continued.
“If you don’t stop, Iran could produce a nuclear weapon in a very short time. It could be in a year, it could be in a few months, less than a year, “Netanyahu remarked.
5. Sabotages and previous air attacks
In early 2024, An Israeli operation damaged an Iranian gas pipelineand on April 1 a missile attack destroyed Iran’s consulate in Damascus. Iran replied with More than 300 missiles and drones in a direct attackmostly intercepted.
The tension continued until the middle and end of 2024. Hamás and Hezbollah leaders Ismail Haniyeh, Yahya Sinwar and Hassan NasrallahThey were killed by Israel, which caused new Iranian missile releases.
In October, Israel carried out its First open attacks within Iranagainst aerial defenses and missile locations. In April, Iran executed a man whom he accused of collaborating with the Israeli Foreign Intelligence Agency Mossad and being involved in Colonel’s murder Hassan Sayyad Khodaei In 2022.
Source: Ambito
