— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: The number of Israeli soldiers killed earlier today in Khan Younis has risen to five, with between 14 and 16 injured

An armored vehicle was reportedly ambushed by Palestinian factions, and several IDF soldiers were burned alive. The rescue team was then ambushed again.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: The U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear sites did NOT destroy the core components of Iran's nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early U.S. intelligence assessment.

Two people familiar with the assessment said Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium was not destroyed. Furthermore, one of the people said that Iran's uranium enrichment centrifuges are 'intact'. – CNN

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— Holy shit, not only they didn't manage to destroy Fordow or the existing stockpile of 60% enriched uranium, but they didn't even manage to damage the centrifuges.

This is HUGE. It means Iran can enrich the currently stockpile up to 90% (weapons-grade) within WEEKS if it wants to.

—❗️🇮🇷/🇺🇸 BREAKING: U.S. officials believe Iran maintains secret nuclear facilities that were not targeted in the strikes and remain fully operational – CNN

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇺🇸 BREAKING: The underground uranium storages at Esfahan were too deep even for the GBU-57 bunker busters, and therefore the U.S. only targeted the surface of the facility with Tomahawk cruise missiles – CNN

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WE ARE SO BACK

—❗️🇮🇱/🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: 'Israel assesses that Iran has secret nuclear facilities that have not been attacked, because nobody knows where they are' – Channel 14

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Isn't it interesting how this all comes out right after the ceasefire?

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 U.S. Secretary of Defense: 'The CNN report is stupid, it is false, it is absolutely made-up. America dropped its bombs perfectly, these were very big bombs, and the bombs hit their targets'

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Air defenses active in various regions across Iran, intercepting micro quadcopters launched from inside.

🇮🇷🇮🇱| Iran’s intelligence arrested 6 Mossad-affiliated agents.

Inside their basement; Spike ATGMs, micro drones, and other kinds of explosives were found.

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: Iran's enriched uranium stocks have not been eliminated and cannot be located, the country's nuclear program may have been set back only a month or two' – Reuters

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇺🇳 NEW: IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi says he 'doesn't know' where Iran's uranium stockpiles are now located, and calls upon Iran to resume inspections 'for the benefit of everyone' – FOX

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🇵🇸🇮🇷| Palestinian resistance groups have become stronger thanks to Iran’s attacks

In an article by Yedioth Ahronoth, it admits that Israeli forces have been weakened in the Gaza Strip and currently are on the defense rather than offense.

It says the Palestinian resistance are taking back momentum, especially in Khan Younis, as many Israeli brigades have been withdrawn from the Strip due to Iran’s attacks.

Gaza has regained strategic focus after Iran’s attacks, says the article.

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—❗️🇷🇺/🇮🇷/🇮🇱/🇺🇳 Russia at the UN Security Council: 'It is very strange to us that Israel is sitting here. Israel is not a signatory of the NPT, why are they here? Hypocrisy.'

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🇮🇷🇮🇱| In an interview on the Israeli I24news network:

“The Iranian Fordow nuclear facility can only be destroyed from the inside. Let’s stop with illusions and fantasies—it can only be done from within, or with 100’s of bombs dropped one after another.

What’s troubling is this: We set a goal to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program—but we failed to do it. Iran still has enriched uranium, and it still has key (untouched) active facilities.

And I say this with great caution: The Iranians have not said their final word. Those who don’t understand the Shiites, the Arab world, or the Iranians don’t realize that as the Bedouins say: Revenge is served cold.

This was a mistake. Trump truly made a huge blunder. I hope we won’t be the ones to pay the price for Trump’s blunder.”

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Iran will ban Grossi from entering the country, very likely.

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 CNN: 'According to a battle damage assessment by U.S. CENTCOM, neither Iran's highly enriched uranium was destroyed, nor the fortified underground sites at Fordow and Esfahan — most of Iran's centrifuges are intact, and the nuclear program has only been set back 1-2 months'

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 U.S. Special Envoy, Steve Witkoff: 'Even if Iran has already enriched uranium to 90% (weapons-grade), they cannot weaponize it because we destroyed the conversion facility at Esfahan — needed to 'convert' the material before enrichmemt and to 'metalicize' it after enrichment'

Witkoff clearly does not understand the nuclear weaponization process. Yes, the Esfahan site was being used to turn yellowcake into UF6 for enrichment. This 'first step' can now no longer be done, but it doesn't really matter, considering Iran already has ~400kg of 60% enriched uranium.

As for the last step in the weaponization process, which is turning the uranium hexafluoride (UF6) gas into uranium metal for use in a workable warhead, this process can quite easily be done in small covert laboratories and research sites, a dedicated facility is not needed, and Iran conducted many such tests in the early 2000's.

So, in short: As long as the centrifuges are intact (which seems to be the case), Iran can enrich its existing stockpile to 90% and create a warhead within months, provided that the blueprints of a weapon already exist.

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