For all the talk of the threat Iran posed to Israel and the wider region, Netanyahu never pulled the trigger on a major military operation. Instead, he authorized sporadic high-risk, high-reward operations from Israel’s Mossad spy agency, including the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists and the stealing of the country’s nuclear archive.

After the US hits three nuclear sites in Iran, Israel says it's striking military targets - while the Iranian Red Crescent accuses it of hitting hospitals.