The attack, which came on the ninth night of the unprecedented war between Israel and Iran, could provoke retaliation from Tehran against U.S. troops and military installations across the region.<\/p>\n
An Israeli official said Israel was notified by the Trump administration in advance of the U.S. strikes in Iran.<\/p>\n
What they\u2019re saying: \u201cWe have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. All planes are now outside of Iran air space,\u201d Trump wrote on his Truth Social account.<\/p>\n
\u201cA full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow,\u201d he continued, referring to Iran\u2019s most fortified uranium enrichment facility.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is not another military in the World that could have done this. NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE!\u201d In the days leading up to the strike, Trump and his team became increasingly convinced that diplomacy had run its course \u2014 and that military action would be necessary to eliminate Iran\u2019s nuclear program.<\/p>\n
The president publicly announced on Thursday that he would make a decision \u201cin the next two weeks\u201d to give Iran a final chance to negotiate, but preparations for a strike accelerated over the weekend.<\/p>\n
Multiple B-2 stealth bombers \u2014 capable of carrying 30,000-pound \u201cbunker-busters\u201d \u2014 were detected heading west across the Pacific on Saturday, as speculation mounted that the U.S. would strike Fordow.<\/p>\n
Trump had publicly questioned Israel\u2019s capacity to take out the underground facility on its own, saying Friday: \u201cThey can break through a little section, but they can\u2019t go down very deep.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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