Strategic Target

New details are emerging about Israel’s retaliatory strike on Iran last month.

On October 25, Israel struck “military targets” across Iran and killed five Iranian service members. Recent U.S. intelligence revealed that the strike had a bigger impact than initially known: it completely leveled Iran’s tippy-top secret active nuclear weapons research facility called Taleghan 2. 

International allies had urged PM Netanyahu to avoid striking Iranian nuclear facilities for fear of triggering a wider war. But Taleghan 2 was not a registered part of Iran’s nuclear program, so it couldn’t acknowledge the significance of the attack without revealing the Islamic Republic’s nuclear non-proliferation treaty violation.

With the strike, Israel demonstrated insight into Iran’s most classified activities. To resume nuclear development, Iran would have to replace destroyed equipment, which will be nearly impossible to procure secretly.

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Verse to consider when global news makes you feel like you’re inside a spy movie… “First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all those who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.” 
1 Timothy 2:1-2 (CSB) (read full passage)