NEWSWEEK
Israel Can Save the World From a Nuclear Iran. It Must Strike Now
Yaakov Katz
December 12, 2024

…The first, was a concern that a military strike would not succeed. Senior defense officials in Israel and the West warned that the Israeli Air Force could not reach Iran, could not overcome the advanced Russian air defense systems that surrounded its strategic facilities, and could not penetrate some of the nuclear installations, which are buried deep underground beneath layers of thick concrete and steel. The second fear was the practical price Israel would pay if it attacked. Iran is believed to have about 2,500 long-range ballistic missiles capable of striking Israel; Hezbollah, until recently, had an arsenal of 150,000 missiles; Hamas had around 40,000 and the Houthis in Yemen have hundreds. Lastly, there was the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria which, also until recently, was in possession of hundreds of Scud missiles and several tons of chemical weapons. These fears are no longer relevant. READ MORE