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Iran heavily reduced its Internet connectivity, claiming that this was meant to stop Israeli cyberattacks.
And if you believe that one, I have a mountain in Fordow to sell you.
Art the same time, it blocked phone landlines, told people to delete WhatsApp (claiming Israel is using it to spy on users) and also blocked Telegram.
Iran isn't worried about Israeli infiltration. It is worried about its own people revolting.
Because it has done this before. It blocked the Internet in 2019, when protesters complained about high gas prices - and the regime murdered hundreds of them.
It did the same in 2022, after it arrested and caused the death of Mahsa Amini for not properly wearing a hijab. Again, it restricted apps like WhatsApp and internet access to stop the demonstrations, and again they killed hundreds of protesters.
So we have a track record. Iran will cut out Internet to stop its own people from communicating and organizing, not to stop Israelis from hacking.
(Although the Mossad apparently did use Internet to kick off the fighting, with many of the weapons that took out anti-aircraft rockets having been fired by remote control. )
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