Watch Webinar – Operation Rising Lion: Insights from Israel’s 12-Day War Against Iran
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Over just 12 days in June, Israel’s Operation Rising Lion and the United States’s Operation Midnight Hammer achieved remarkable military successes against Iran’s nuclear and military programs that will shape the Middle East for years to come. Yet, the campaign was even more operationally and tactically impressive than has been publicly reported.
Based on exclusive briefings during a recent fact-finding trip to Israel, JINSA’s forthcoming report, Operation Rising Lion: Insights from Israel’s 12-Day War Against Iran, reveals previously unreleased details about the urgency of the Iranian threat, the development of Israel’s military planning, and Operation Rising Lion’s achievements. The report also assesses how the United States can build on the unprecedented U.S.-Israel battlefield cooperation by strengthening the bilateral relationship and accelerating pressure on the Iranian terror axis.
JINSA held a webinar featuring the report’s co-authors to discuss their perspectives and the report’s findings. The panel featured former Deputy Commander of U.S. European Command and former Director of Strategic Planning and Policy at U.S. Air Force Headquarters Gen Charles Wald, USAF (ret.), a JINSA Distinguished Fellow; Former Deputy Commander of U.S. Central Command VADM Mark Fox, USN (ret.), a 2018 JINSA Generals and Admirals Program Participant; and former Director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency LTG Robert Ashley, USA (ret.), a 2021 JINSA Generals and Admirals Program Participant.
JINSA’s Vice President for Policy Blaise Misztal moderated the conversation.
Gen Charles “Chuck” Wald, USAF (ret.) Gen (ret.) Charles Wald is a JINSA Distinguished Fellow and former Deputy Commander of U.S. European Command. Gen Wald has also served as the Director of Strategic Planning and Policy at USAF Headquarters, Chief of USAF Combat Terrorism Center, and Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations at the Pentagon. |
VADM Mark Fox, USN (ret.) VADM Mark I. Fox, USN (ret.) is a member of JINSA’s Eastern Mediterranean and Abraham Accords policy projects and a 2018 JINSA Generals and Admirals Program participant. VADM Fox served as Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command in Tampa, Florida, as well as commander of U.S. Naval Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet/Combined Maritime Forces from 2010-2012. VADM Fox commanded Carrier Strike Group 10 aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in 2008-2009. |
LTG Robert Ashley, USA (ret.) LTG Robert Ashley, USA (ret.) is a member of JINSA’s Gaza Assessment policy project and a 2021 JINSA Generals and Admirals Program participant. LTG Ashely assumed his last duty position in October 2017 when he became the 21st Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). He formerly served as the Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G-2, where he was the senior advisor to the Secretary of the Army and Army Chief of Staff for all aspects of intelligence, counterintelligence and security. |
Blaise Misztal Blaise Misztal is the Vice President for Policy at JINSA. His research interests include Iran and its nuclear program, U.S.-Turkey relations, countering extremism, and strategic competition. Misztal previously served as the Executive Director of the Task Force on extremism in Fragile States, a congressionally mandated project convened by the U.S. Institute of Peace, and Director of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s National Security Program. |