*How Israel eliminated Iran's top air force leadership* An Israeli security official explained on Friday afternoon that Israel was able to eliminate Iran’s top air force commanders by tricking them into gathering at the underground facility that was subsequently targeted in a precision strike. “We carried out specific activities to help us learn more about them, and then used that information to influence their behavior,” the official stated. “We knew this would lead them to meet — but more importantly, we knew how to keep them there.”