You know, to land this kind of force to such a difficult operation

that is happening underneath the ground, within a mountain,

of a facility built by Iran, and manage to get everyone out

and do this in this type of precision.

This is a Hollywood kind of story of a raid.

This is one of the most successful and daring air raids in the history of precision. This is a Hollywood kind of story of a raid. This is one of the most successful

and daring air raids in the history of Israeli defense forces. So we are very much in that

territory of history.

It's 5.30 p.m. on Sunday, January 5th in New York City.

It's 12.30 a.m. in Israel on Monday, January 6th, as Israelis turned to a new day.

A few days ago, new details and footage came to light from one of Israel's most high-risk

and complex commando operations, the operation codenamed in Hebrew, Rabot Hadrichim, which

is not a perfect translation to English, but let's just, for simplicity say, call it

Many Ways, Operation Many many ways, which was a covert

operation conducted by the IDF on September 8th, 2024, targeting an underground missile production

facility near Masiaf, Syria, which is about 200 kilometers north of Israel's border with Syria, 200 kilometers into Syria.

The facility, which is associated with Syria's scientific studies and research center,

was reportedly on the verge of producing precision-guided missiles with ranges up to 300 kilometers.

You just do the math in terms of the reach those could have into Israel,

and those precision-guided missiles with that range were intended for Hezbollah.

They were going to be supplied to Hezbollah.

The operation involved Israeli Air Force strikes and Israeli commando units, including Unit Shaldag, which we'll talk about.

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