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Israel does not have bombs and planes powerful enough to deal with Iran's nuclear program - this is what former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert claimed last week in a conversation with the "National" website.
"We can destroy their headquarters, important projects, railroads, roads and airports," said Olmert, "Israel can cause a lot of damage to Iranian infrastructure, but it does not have the means to destroy the Iranian nuclear program."
You can damage the infrastructure, but not destroy it.
Air show in Iran/Reuters
In the interview, Olmert says that "the nuclear facilities are 50 or 60 meters underground, so they are almost immune to a military attack from the air."
In addition, Olmert explains, the F-35A stealth planes will not be able to make the way to Iran and back, because Israel does not have enough refueling planes.
The important military sites, such as Bandar Abbas, are located at a distance of 2,000 km, a range that would not allow the attack. In addition, according to the analysis of the site, F-15 and F-16 aircraft will also have difficulty withstanding a prolonged war with Iran, due to a lack of fuel tanks.
In response to the words, IDF spokesman Peter Lerner told foreign media: "We have full confidence in our abilities to deal with all threats in the region."
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In the interview, Olmert reiterated his position that a two-state solution should be pursued, and emphasized that there is now an opportunity for significant progress towards it.
Regarding Hezbollah, Olmert said that the organization realized that the rhetoric of the Israeli leadership is full of rhetoric, but its performance is limited, and therefore crawled back to the northern border line.
He warned against the possibility that Hezbollah has dug tunnels with which it plans to penetrate into Israel.
Olmert also called for a ceasefire in Gaza, accusing Netanyahu of being willing, in order to survive, to "sacrifice the national interest, and pay with the lives of hostages and soldiers."
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