New Delhi, June 23 -- In a surprise move, Israel launched a "targeted military operation" against Iran on June 13. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it "Operation Rising Lion". Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired retaliatory strikes against Israel and codenamed it 'Operation True Promise 3'. Days later, the United States launched "Operation Midnight Hammer', striking three nuclear sites in Iran.

What's behind these three codenames - 'Operation Rising Lion', 'Operation True Promise 3' and "Operation Midnight Hammer - as Israel-Iran conflict rages on? Here we decode:

Israel's Operation Rising Lion is aimed at foiling Iran's nuclear ambitions. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed on Friday, June 13, th...