Israel’s military struck an Iranian centrifuge production facility and multiple weapons sites in an overnight strike on Tehran, it said on Wednesday.
More than 50 Israeli fighter jets took part in the operation, which the military said was part of its “broad effort to disrupt Iran’s nuclear weapons development programme”.
Centrifuges are machines that enrich uranium, which can then be developed into nuclear weapons. Israel appears to have struck a site where those machines are made.
Israeli air strikes also struck a key missile production facility around the Iranian capital and an academy linked to the Revolutionary Guard Corps.
“During the wave of attacks, several weapons manufacturing sites were struck, including facilities for producing raw materials and components used to assemble surface-to-surface missiles,” the IDF said.
