New intelligence suggests Israel is preparing possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, US officials say

[True Dough]

Source: CNN

The US has obtained new intelligence suggesting that Israel is making preparations to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, even as the Trump administration has been pursuing a diplomatic deal with Tehran, multiple US officials familiar with the latest intelligence told CNN.

Such a strike would be a brazen break with President Donald Trump, US officials said. It could also risk tipping off a broader regional conflict in the Middle East — something the US has sought to avoid since the war in Gaza inflamed tensions beginning in 2023.

Officials caution it’s not clear that Israeli leaders have made a final decision, and that in fact, there is deep disagreement within the US government about the likelihood that Israel will ultimately act. Whether and how Israel strikes will likely depend on what it thinks of the US negotiations with Tehran over its nuclear program.

But “the chance of an Israeli strike on an Iranian nuclear facility has gone up significantly in recent months,” said another person familiar with US intelligence on the issue. “And the prospect of a Trump-negotiated US-Iran deal that doesn’t remove all of Iran’s uranium makes the chance of a strike more likely.”

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/20/politics/intelligence-israel-possible-strike-iran-nuclear-facilities

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This could get messy...

[Lovie777]

1. Yeah, but GQP have other priorities.....

taking away healthcare, food assistance et al.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

2. And cutting taxes

on billionaires.

[littlemissmartypants]

3. Nutty Yahoo has lost his mind. My grandmother would say he's too big for his britches.

He's a war criminal already so I guess he figures, what does he have to lose...?

Scary.

[Mosby]

6. Would you prefer a nuclear Iran?

[Eko]

8. Hell no, but at this point I'm really starting to question if a Nuclear Israel is a really bad thing or not.

[Richard D]

9. I believe . . .

. . . many would rather see that than to see Israel succeeding at destroying their nuclear capabilities. Hell, people will probably be marching in the streets in support of the Islamic Republic of Iran and waving Iranian flags and calling for Israel's destruction.

[Javaman]

10. You honestly believe that Iran doesn't have nukes already?

It’s pretty common knowledge in defense circles that they already have one or more, but they’re not assembled.

This has been a common tactic of “pre-nuke” countries for years before they finally reveal they have one

[Richard D]

11. What I believe doesn't matter nt

[Javaman]

12. Israel can bomb the crap out of Iran and it will do nothing

They will still have a nuke.

[Richard D]

13. That does not make sense.

[Javaman]

14. I guess you don't read my above response about them just having to assemble it

We’re done.

Have a good one

[Mosby]

15. They haven't reached 90% enriched uranium yet

But they are close. Breakout time is now a couple weeks to a couple months.

[stopdiggin]

4. so we will preemptively blab

ordinarily internal and very secretive intelligence assessment(s) regarding a close ally's tactical planning/preparation - to be used as a bargaining chip in negotiations with a third party hostile power - that are not going near as well as our domestic propaganda and 'puffery' have been advertising.

sounds about right.

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[EarthFirst]

5. Another situation where the 'Great Negotiator' is told to sit down and STFU...

The worst part of this is one of these days he’s going to go completely unhinged on the world stage just to prove a point.

[Ponietz]

7. The U.S. a will be at war by 2028 unless Lump croaks

[Bayard]

18. Sooner, the way he's going

He's been itching to use those nukes for a long time.

[Ponietz]

19. Did Vlad manipulate him with kompromat?

Getting a sense Lump doesn’t feel threatened by it anymore and will turn on him. He hasn’t forgotten the humiliation in Helsinki 2017.

[Martin68]

16. A strike on Iranian nuclear facilities would be far more justified than the total annihilation of Gaza.

[IronLionZion]

17. Well they won't have the element of surprise if it's in the news

Iran doesn't have many allies left. Syria overthrew Assad and has been distancing themselves from Russia and Iran. Hamas is badly weakened. The Houthis have limited capabilities.

Israel is calculating this might be the best time to strike with minimal risk of retaliation.