IDF chief: Damage to Iran nuclear program not localized, but systemic

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25 June 2025, 8:16 pm 2 Edit

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks in a video statement issued on June 25, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, in a video statement, says that “after twelve days of unprecedented fighting, the IDF operated at its best and fully achieved the aims and objectives of the operation.”

“According to the assessment of senior officials in the IDF Intelligence Directorate, the damage to the nuclear program is not a localized blow, but a systemic one,” he says.

“The accumulated achievement allows us to determine that the Iranian nuclear program suffered severe, broad, and deep damage and was pushed back by years,” Zamir says, adding that, “We will not allow Iran to produce weapons of mass destruction.”