"What we were targeting was the capacity to make more of those, of that enriched uranium, and also the attempt to weaponize it. There's the enriched core of uranium, but you have to put a weapon around it. You know, these balls that you see in all these movies? That's the weapon around it. And then you have the missiles to carry that weapon. That's what we struck at."
"Netanyahu confirmed that is the case and that Israel understood as much going into the June bombing mission and immediately after it. No, we knew that in advance. In fact, our whole plan before and after the United States decided to join us, took into account that we wouldn't get these 450 kilograms of enriched uranium. We knew that, Netanyahu said."
Israeli leadership stated that the June bombing mission did not aim to destroy Iran's entire stockpile of enriched uranium, and that planners anticipated retaining roughly 450 kilograms. The operations focused on degrading Iran's capacity to produce additional enriched uranium and on facilities related to weaponization and delivery systems. Israel affirmed knowledge of the remaining material's location and said intelligence on that location is shared with the United States, without providing further specifics. The June operation, referred to as Operation Midnight Hammer, struck key Iranian nuclear sites, and U.S. leadership later described substantial damage to those sites.
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