US and Israel reportedly plan strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities

Israeli officials believe that President Donald Trump may decide to bomb Iran. The target would be an underground uranium enrichment plant.

Axios reported this on Thursday, June 19.

Strikes on Iranian facilities

According to the article, Israel can cause serious damage to the underground uranium enrichment plant in Fordow, located in a mountain, even without the United States.

In interviews, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ambassador to Washington, D.C., Yechiel Leiter, have hinted that the IDF has options other than airstrikes.

One option is a risky special forces operation, which was carried out on a smaller scale in September 2024. At that time, Israeli forces destroyed an underground missile factory in Syria by planting and detonating explosives.

Now that the IDF has full control of Iran's airspace and has dealt a serious blow to its army, the option of sending in special forces does not seem so extreme.

According to an American official, Israel informed Trump that bombs might not penetrate the mountain deeply enough, but the Israelis "do it with humans".

As a reminder, Donald Trump could not comment on the massive Russian attack on Kyiv, which took place on the night of Tuesday, June 17.

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, responded to the Russian dictator, Vladimir Putin, regarding his proposal to become a mediator in talks with Iran.