Israel carried out a wave of overnight airstrikes targeting key components of Iran’s nuclear program and military infrastructure, including an inactive plutonium reactor in Arak and a weapons development site near Natanz, the Israel Defense Forces said on Wednesday morning.
A central target was the containment structure of the Arak heavy water reactor, which the IDF said played a key role in plutonium production.
“This attack was part of our broader effort to disrupt the Iranian regime’s nuclear weapons program,” the IDF said.
Though construction of the Arak reactor in western Iran was halted years ago under international pressure, Israeli intelligence found Iran deliberately avoided completing its conversion to a less dangerous configuration.