French intelligence services report that shortly after the conclusion of the operation in Nagorno-Karabakh, the leadership of Azerbaijan's armed forces and security agencies expressed their gratitude to their Israeli counterparts. According to the Militarist Telegram channel, as was the case during the previous offensive in 2020, Israeli support played a decisive role in the Azerbaijani army's operation.
The report states that Israeli Defense Minister Eyal Zamir had visited Baku just a few days before the offensive. During his visit, he became familiar with Azerbaijan's military plans and engaged in consultations. Israeli experts from Mossad and the Israeli military intelligence Aman Unit 8200 had also visited Azerbaijan several weeks earlier to provide advice and enhance data collection, primarily involving imagery.
Furthermore, traditional supplies of weapons and equipment, including UAVs from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Rafael Advanced Defense Systems (which acquired Aeronautics, a longtime UAV supplier to Baku), and Israel Military Industries (IMI), significantly increased before the military operation. Over the past two months, observers noted 15 Azerbaijani cargo planes landing at the Ovda military airbase near the Israeli Red Sea resort town of Eilat in the Negev Desert. Ovda is the sole airport from which explosives can be exported from Israel. Over the past seven years, a total of 92 Azerbaijani cargo planes have landed at Ovda.
In addition to military and intelligence support, the partnership has also extended to cyberspace. Both Israeli and Armenian security sources revealed that, apart from NSO Group, other Israeli cyber companies have assisted Azerbaijan in recent years.
IAI and Aeronautics UAVs, as well as missile launchers produced by IMI, played a substantial role in Baku's military success during the previous conflict in 2020. Over the past decade, Israel has sold $10 billion worth of military equipment to Azerbaijan. In return, Israel has acquired Azerbaijani oil and utilized its territory as a hub for gathering intelligence on Iran.
This strategic alliance between the two nations dates back to at least 2012, following Israel's termination of its intelligence partnership with Turkey. Since then, Baku has functioned as one of Mossad's principal bases for gathering intelligence on Iran. For instance, when Mossad operatives pilfered Iranian nuclear archives in Tehran in January 2018, they initially headed toward the Azerbaijani border with the obtained documents," notes the Militarist Telegram channel.
