Live Updates: As Iran war expands, Trump says he must have a role in choosing the country’s next leader
Until June 2023, the Israeli government’s Iran portfolio in terms of offensive action — mostly cloak-and-dagger operations, assassinations of key nuclear figures and the aspiration to use long-range weaponry — was in the hands of the Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service. Yoav Gallant, then the country’s defense minister, believed that arrangement was too cumbersome. He…