IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi met with air crews and technicians from Tel Nof airbase who participated in strikes on Iran, and told them: "We are bringing here an unprecedented peak in IDF history of operational, intelligence and technological capabilities. We are paving the way to Tehran, you are dealing with an unprecedented strategic threat to the State of Israel. I gained confidence from you, from the pilots, from the senior commanders in the Air Force and from our intelligence personnel. I visited Air Force bases, all of them, I saw the pilots and they gave me the confidence that we can proceed."