Iran has for decades funded terrorist groups to indirectly attack Israel. The two countries avoided direct confrontation for years, waging a war of sabotage and covert operations. Monday marks the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas massacre in southern Israel, orchestrated by Tehran to boycott the establishment of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel, which Washington had been working on for years. The two countries are now moving closer to open conflictfollowing the Israeli ground operation in southern Lebanon against the terrorist group Hezbollah, founded by Iran in 1982 and financed for decades. Iran’s launch of 200 missiles against Israel in retaliation after the Israeli operation against Hezbollah terrorist leader Hasan Nasrallah and Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh. Already on April 14, Iran attacked Israel for the first time directly.
In April, in response to the first Iranian missile launch against IsraelJerusalem attacked an S-300 anti-aircraft system near Natanz, a central Iranian city critical to the country’s nuclear weapons program, located in Isfahan province.
Israel now seeks how to respond to Israel. Here is how Jerusalem can respond to Tehran, by attacking its oil production centers, military bases or nuclear sites:
Attack on nuclear facilities
Washington asks Jerusalem not to attack Iranian nuclear facilitiesincluding uranium production and enrichment plants, uranium mines and research reactors. Attacking nuclear facilities, many of which are underground, would be difficult without U.S. help. United States President Joe Biden said Wednesday he would not support an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Iran’s two largest nuclear facilities are Natanz and Isfahan. Natanz. THE The cornerstone of the nuclear program is in Isfahan. Built with Chinese assistance, the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center (INTC) is Iran’s largest nuclear research complex. Prepares radioactive materials for enrichment. Uranium oxide is converted to uranium tetrafluoride (UF4) and uranium hexafluoride (UF6). This chemical compound is used in centrifuges for uranium enrichment..
Located approximately 300 kilometers south of Tehran, in the province of Isfahan, Natanz is Iran’s main uranium enrichment center. The nuclear program’s centrifuges which enrich uranium for civilian purposes operate there. and, potentially, military. The facility is housed in underground bunkers to protect it from airstrikes. Natanz has been the subject of several acts of sabotage attributed to Israel, such as the use of the Stuxnet virus, explosions and power outages. The installation’s air defense system was reportedly disabled in April.
Attack on Iranian oil industry
US President Joe Biden spoke out against this measure. Iran’s oil and gas facilities are concentrated mainly in the west of the country, near IraqKuwait and Saudi Arabia. There are a large number of facilities located off Iran’s coast or on islands, such as its main oil export terminal on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf. Bomb the facilities Oil drilling could harm Iran’s already fragile economy and affect global oil markets just before the November 5 US elections. For this reason, Biden has asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, through his State Department officials and his military, to consider another form of response. Iran produces around three million barrels of oil per day, the equivalent of 3% of the world’s supply..
missile attack
Israel can use the Jericho 2 medium-range ballistic missiles, which can travel about 3,000 kilometers, and the Jericho 3 medium-range ballistic missiles, which can hit targets more than 6,000 kilometers away.
