TEHRAN – Iran targeted a secret Israeli military facility north of Tel Aviv during Israel’s 12-day military invasion of Iran, according to a report by the Iranian radio and television organization known as the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting Board (IRIB).
Iran’s attacks began on June 13th and ended on June 24th in response to unprovoked military attacks by the Israeli regime, which called for a ceasefire.
The IRIB news agency cited a report published by Western research agency Gray Zone, adding that this fact undermines Israel’s long-held position of invincibility and exposes how the Israeli military operates from within densely populated civilian areas, an action prohibited by international law.
The investigation, led by former Google AI researcher Jack Paulson, found that the attack struck a bunker base known as Site 81, a joint U.S.-Israeli command and control center beneath the Da Vinci Tower complex north of Tel Aviv.
According to leaked documents, the secret base housed sophisticated intelligence and electronic warfare systems protected by magnetic protection and was jointly operated by the American and Israeli militaries.
Israel immediately implemented a media blackout following the attack, and there were reports that journalists were forcibly removed from the scene.
The attack “revealed the existence of hidden links between Israeli and US military operations embedded beneath civilian infrastructure,” the report said.
Confidential emails between former NATO commander James Stavridis and former IDF chief Gabi Ashkenazi confirmed that a US company had been contracted to build an underground complex designed to integrate Israeli and American chains of command.
Leaked U.S. government contracts show construction began in 2011 under the Texas branch of M+W Group (now Exyte) and expanded in 2013 through Oxford Construction, which was later investigated for financial misconduct.
The site is less than 100 meters from a children’s playground and community center, where the report shows “Israel’s systematic use of civilians as human shields.”
Google Maps and the Russian service Yandex have blocked or blurred satellite images of the region, which Gray Zone described as “digital censorship in favor of Israel.”
The study highlights Israel’s increasing reliance on dual-use urban infrastructure to hide sensitive military operations.
Censorship over the aftermath of the Iran attack, coupled with the Site 81 revelations, also reveals the depth of the U.S.-Israel collaboration and the vulnerability of that network to Iranian intelligence and precision capabilities.
The Iranian attack hit several other key targets in the occupied territories, including Camp Moshe Dayan, a training and operations center for military intelligence officers. Ternov, one of the most fortified air bases in the occupied territories. Nevatim, Israel’s main base for operating U.S. F-35 stealth fighters. Hatzerim, another important air base, and Ovda Air Base, an important Israeli military facility said to house command and control systems and electronic warfare capabilities.