"Donald Trump on Monday intimated at further Israeli or US strikes on Iran if the country tried to rebuild its nuclear weapons facilities. "Now I hear that Iran is trying to build up again," Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Florida. "And if they are, we're going to have to knock them down. We'll knock them down. We'll knock the hell out of them. But hopefully that's not happening.""
"Trump had previously said that Tehran's nuclear capabilities had been "completely and fully obliterated" by a combination of Israeli and later US strikes in June on key nuclear enrichment sites. But more sober US appraisals from intelligence agencies and the Pentagon estimated that the attacks would only set Iran back by a matter of months or up to two years, if it were to continue seeking nuclear weapons."
President Donald Trump warned that the US and Israel would strike to prevent Iran from rebuilding nuclear weapons facilities after June's brief conflict. Israel and Iran exchanged fire for twelve days in June, and the US struck three Iranian sites on June 22 in Operation Midnight Hammer, including the Fordow fuel-enrichment facility. Trump claimed Tehran's nuclear capabilities were "completely and fully obliterated," while US intelligence and the Pentagon assessed the strikes set Iran back by months to up to two years. Israeli reports indicate Iranian efforts to rebuild long-range missile capabilities. Iran asserts it is no longer enriching uranium for nuclear weapons at any site.
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