IDF attacks, destroys Natanz nuclear site, weapons during overnight strikes in Iran

However, so far, the IDF has not attacked from the air against the Fordow nuclear facility, which lies underneath a mountain.

(Illustrative) A view of a damage building after a fire broke out at Iran’s Natanz Nuclear Facility, in Isfahan, Iran, July 2, 2020.(photo credit: ATOMIC ENERGY ORGANIZATION OF IRAN/WANA VIA REUTERS)ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, AMICHAI STEINJUNE 13, 2025 09:41Updated: JUNE 13, 2025 11:01As part of the IDF’s attacks on Iranian nuclear sites on Friday, it has attacked and destroyed Natanz and weapons group sites.

Although the IDF has capabilities which could damage and cause cave-ins at Fordow, no IDF official has made a statement yet about having attacked the site.

It has been widely known since the US used the 30,000 pound mega bunker buster MOAB (Mother of All Bombs) in Afghanistan, a weapon that Israel does not possess, that Washington has greater capabilities for potentially destroying Fordow.

There are also still open questions about how much of Iran’s 60% enriched uranium and advanced centrifuges have been damaged by the attacks given that even public IAE reports have said many are at Fordow and others are spread out.There have also been foreign reports of explosions at Fordow and Isfahan, with previous reports indicating that these could be from the ground given that many Iranian nuclear facilities have been the subject of sabotage before.

Iran has accused the Mossad of sabotaging nuclear facilities at Natanz in July 2020, April 2021, and at Karaj in June 2021.

This is a developing story.

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