The Israeli military estimates it will achieve its objectives against Iran’s nuclear program within a week or two, IDF officials tell reporters.
Israel set out on the operation in Iran with the objective of removing the “existential threat” of the Iranian nuclear program and ballistic missile capabilities.
The IDF has so far bombed two Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities, Natanz and Isfahan, and caused significant damage to both. It has also killed at least nine key nuclear scientists who were working on a bomb, and struck several other facilities supporting Iran’s nuclear program, including offices and command centers.
The military has so far denied striking the underground Fordo nuclear facility, but says it is in its “bank of targets.” Defense Minister Israel Katz said earlier that Fordo is “an issue that will certainly be addressed.”
The IDF also says that some 40% of Iran’s ballistic missile launchers, or some 200, have been destroyed or neutralized so far amid the operation. This has also apparently played a role in limiting Iran’s missile fire on Israel in the past two days.
Loud blasts heard in north Tehran amid reported Israeli strikes, strikes reported in Isfahan
An AFP journalist heard a series of loud explosions in north Tehran today, as Israel keeps up its strikes on Iran’s military and nuclear facilities for a fifth day.
It was not immediately clear whether the blasts were the result of incoming Israeli strikes or Iranian air defense fire.
Meanwhile Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reports Israeli airstrikes around the city of Isfahan this afternoon, with air defense also firing. It did not elaborate on the targets.
A series of explosions and anti-aircraft fire also boomed throughout Tehran just before 6:30 p.m. local time.
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