"Axios confirmed Friday that Israel targeted Iranian nuclear facilities last month in retaliation for Iran's ballistic missile strike, backing earlier reports from News. These reports, based on Israeli columnist Caroline Glick's theory, highlighted the strike on Parchin, a suspected Iranian nuclear site. The attack reportedly hit a building linked to Iran’s nuclear weapons program and missile fuel production, with Parchin being an undeclared site not under IAEA oversight. Glick speculates that Israel may have expanded its objectives beyond mere retaliation, defying Biden administration restrictions to pursue broader strategic aims."
A late October Israeli strike on Iran's Parchin facility destroyed a top-secret, active nuclear weapons research site, according to three U.S. officials, one current Israeli official, and one former Israeli official. This attack, which targeted a site previously thought to be inactive, has significantly disrupted Iran's attempts over the past year to resume its nuclear weapons program, U.S. and Israeli sources confirmed.
One former Israeli official briefed on the strike noted that the attack destroyed advanced equipment used in the design of plastic explosives critical for detonation in nuclear devices. This strike comes after President-elect Trump's earlier remarks calling for Israel to dismantle Iran's nuclear capabilities in retaliation for the historic ballistic missile attack by Iran, the largest of its kind in history, 85% of which was intercepted.
Trump has since shifted his position, expressing a desire to negotiate with Iran to avoid further conflict, a prospect that may be more viable given the significant damage to Iran’s nuclear, air defense, and missile programs.
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