Netanyahu confirms Israel strike against Iran hit nuke program during October retaliatory strikes

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the retaliatory onslaught Jerusalem launched connected Iran successful precocious October degraded portion of Tehran’s atomic program.

"It’s not a secret," Netanyahu said successful a Knesset code reported by the Times of Israel. "There is simply a circumstantial constituent successful their atomic programme that was deed successful this attack."

Despite the premier minister’s comments, it had not antecedently been confirmed by Israeli officials that Tehran’s coveted atomic program, which it has been attempting to beef up since the illness of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action atomic statement successful 2018, had been targeted successful past month’s strike.

An Israeli Air Force level prepares to onslaught targets successful Iran connected Oct. 26, 2024. (IDF Spokesman's Unit)

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Israeli information officials confirmed that subject sites had been targeted during the overnight onslaught connected Oct. 26 that caused interest among planetary leaders astir an all-out warfare arsenic the 2 nations ramp up nonstop lines of onslaught connected 1 another.

The planetary community, on with the Biden administration, attempted to re-enter into negotiations with Tehran to antagonistic its atomic development, though to nary avail.

The U.N. atomic watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), earlier this twelvemonth warned that Iran’s atomic programme has mostly tally unchecked for the past six years, and it is believed to have increased its stockpiles of highly enriched uranium metals to 60% purity levels; conscionable shy of weapons-grade uranium, which is enriched to 90% purity.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks astatine the opening of the 25th Knesset league successful Jerusalem connected Oct. 28, 2024. (Debbie Hill/Pool Photo via AP)

But IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi has warned that Iran's atomic facilities should not go a people arsenic Israel ramps up nonstop operations against Tehran.

Netanyahu did not grow connected however Iran’s atomic programme has been affected aft the strikes past month, but connected Monday helium reportedly said it was not capable to person wholly blocked Iran’s way to obtaining a atomic weapon.

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies has analyzed wherever Iran's atomic infrastructure is located arsenic Israel mulls a retaliatory attack. (Foundation for Defense of Democracies)

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Israel destroyed an progressive atomic weapons probe installation successful Parchin, astir 20 miles southeast of Tehran.

Grossi visited 2 Iranian atomic sites past week and said helium would prosecute successful high-level talks with Tehran successful a propulsion to get Iran to adhere to planetary agreements and atomic safeguards.

In a connection aboriginal posted to X, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said helium was acceptable to prosecute successful planetary talks but noted Tehran would not succumb to unit arsenic President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House with what galore judge volition beryllium a overmuch stronger attack erstwhile it comes to Iran.

An Iranian Qadr H long-range ballistic surface-to-surface missile (AP Photo/Fars News Agency/Omid Vahabzadeh/File)

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"The shot is successful the EU/E3 court," the overseas curate said successful notation to 3 European countries, France, Britain and Germany, that correspond Western interests, including the U.S., during nuclear talks.

"Willing to negociate based connected our nationalist involvement and inalienable rights but not acceptable to negociate nether unit and intimidation," Araghchi said.