Israel has asked the Trump administration to join the war with Iran in order to eliminate its nuclear program.
According to Axios Israel lacks the bunker buster bombs and large bomber aircraft needed to destroy Iran’s Fordow uranium enrichment site, which is built into a mountain and deep underground.
The United States meanwhile has both within flying distance of Iran.
But the Trump administration has so far rejected Israel’s request.
Israel’s ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, told Fox News on Friday that “the entire operation… really has to be completed with the elimination of Fordow.”
Israeli officials reportedly believe that if Fordow remains operational after the operation ends, Israel’s mission to eliminate Iran’s nuclear program will have failed.
InfoWars report: Axios underscores that “Israel lacks the bunker buster bombs and large bomber aircraft needed to destroy Iran’s Fordow uranium enrichment site, which is built into a mountain and deep underground. The U.S. has both within flying distance of Iran.”
Meanwhile, the images coming out of Iran show unprecedented and shocking scenes of oil refineries burning uncontrollably while nearby highway traffic has been forcibly stopped…
Reports of an Iranian hypersonic missile strike on Haifa earlier:
THE MOMENT FATTAH-1 HYPERSONIC MISSILE STRUCK HAIFA pic.twitter.com/u0gWQD6yLh
— Iran Observer (@IranObserver0) June 14, 2025
And this stunningly close and at a good angle video shows major impact in Tel Aviv:
Impact in Tel Aviv pic.twitter.com/hGJ3EYVS3F
— Sprinter Observer (@SprinterObserve) June 15, 2025
Some regional accounts are speculating this was a hypersonic strike on Tel Aviv:
🚨عاجل: صواريخ فرط صوتية إيرانية تضرب تل أبيب بقوة الآن. أعتقد بعد هذا المشهد سيتم ضرب عموم إيران خلال الـ 24 ساعة المقبلة pic.twitter.com/Yu4oSnscca
— محمد مجيد الأحوازي (@MohamadAhwaze) June 15, 2025
These missiles are clearly causing significant damage in Israel – an unprecedented first
Latest updates (1850ET):
- An unconfirmed Israeli airstrike has targeted Iran’s defense ministry headquarters, causing minor damage.
- The Israeli Air Force reportedly bombed the Shahran oil depot near Tehran, Iranian state media reports.
- Two Israeli citizens have been arrested on suspicion of carrying out security offenses under instructions from Iran.
- Iran struck a two-story home in Tamra, east of Haifa, killing three.
- Jordan has suspended all flight operations in its airspace until further notice
- Several missiles were observed streaking above Jerusalem on Saturday night
- Israel also carried out airstrikes in Yemen Saturday night, aiming to eliminate Abdul Malik al-Houthi, a senior Houthi military leader
Al Jazeera, citing Iran’s Tasnim news agency, reported that an Israeli airstrike targeted the country’s defense ministry headquarters in Tehran on Saturday evening, causing minor damage to one of its buildings
Israeli forces carry out an attack on an administrative building of the Iranian Ministry of Defense in northern Tehran.
— Press TV 🔻 (@PressTV) June 14, 2025
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“[A]n attack on Tehran this evening by the air force of the Zionist
regime, the headquarters of the defence ministry was targeted. One of
the headquarters’ buildings was lightly damaged,” the state news agency
reports.
The Iranian government did not comment on the reported strike.
Additionally,
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed its missiles
and drones targeted fighter jet fuel production facilities and energy
supply centers in Israel, according to a statement reported by state
media. The IRGC warned that its “offensive operations will continue more
fiercely and widely” if Israel’s actions persist.
The IDF has not confirmed the attack.
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Several missiles were observed streaking above Jerusalem on Saturday night, a witness told Reuters, as Iran launched another direct assault on Israel.
Some interceptions above Jerusalem including exoatmospheric pic.twitter.com/iiPCXCqkQT
— Alistair Bunkall (@AliBunkallSKY) June 14, 2025