Iranian media reported that air defense systems were brought into operation after reports of explosions near a major air base near the city of Isfahan. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied involvement in the attacks.
Iran's nuclear program is now too advanced and widespread to be effectively destroyed by military action. Iran has moved many facilities underground - and the knowledge of how to build such a bomb cannot be destroyed even by attacks. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, a frequent critic of Netanyahu, recently said: "Israel can do a lot to damage Iran's infrastructure, but Israel has no means to destroy Iran's nuclear program." The Conversation reports that this would require circumventing or overwhelming Iran's air defense system with a large-scale attack. The Conversation, October 25, 2018. The National Security Council: Israel has taken military action against Iran. The U.S. State Department: Israel took military action in response to an Iranian nuclear threat.