Israel Report - Thursday 26 June 2025
The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
3And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. [Isaiah 2; vv 1-3]
After a decisive attack on Iran, the USA will make a lot of money……
IDSF - Israel's Defence and Security Forum
In today’s briefing, former ambassador Yoram Ettinger talks about the enormous gains that the USA will experience due to the demonstration of its military might in Iran.
He reviews how the 12 day war between Israel and Iran and the strike of US bombers will be perceived by both Iran and the West.
He discusses Iran’s “Twelver” Shia Islamic sect doctrines and their bearing on the current and ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel.
HERE is the recording of the briefing from today.
Our next briefing and report will be Friday 27 June 2025
Claims and Counter- Claims….
There are new claims saying Iran’s nuclear program was “badly damaged” in attacks by Israel and the U.S. These differ from earlier published reports that the strikes had a limited effect, highlighting the precarious nature of parsing through preliminary assessments.
Wednesday afternoon, CIA Director John Ratcliffe [below] said that his agency “can confirm that a body of credible intelligence indicates Iran’s Nuclear Program has been severely damaged by the recent, targeted strikes,” according to a public statement.
“This includes new intelligence from a historically reliable and accurate source/method that several key Iranian nuclear facilities were destroyed and would have to be rebuilt over the course of years. CIA continues to collect additional, reliably sourced information to keep appropriate decision-makers and oversight bodies fully informed. When possible, we will also provide updates and information to the American public, given the national importance of this matter and in every attempt to provide transparency.”
Ratcliffe’s analysis follows statements from Israeli intelligence officials on Wednesday that said U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities have caused “very significant” and “long-term damage,” according to Israeli media reports.
Iran also confirmed its sites were “badly damaged.” Those assessments are in line with what U.S. President Donald Trump has said.
At the same time, they differ significantly from U.S. media reports citing a now-confirmed preliminary Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) report stating that Operation Midnight Hammer, the U.S. attack on Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz, had limited results.
This US intelligence assessment has determined that US strikes over the weekend on Iranian nuclear facilities have set back Tehran’s program by only a matter of months, three sources with knowledge of the matter stated.
The initial report was prepared by the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon’s main intelligence arm and one of 18 US intelligence agencies, said two of the sources, who requested anonymity to discuss classified matters.
Experts in the non-proliferation community are also giving their takes on the state of Iran’s nuclear program, some of which are conflicting and even Iran has chimed in.
Clearly this issue is highly politicized at this point and there are many agendas at play when it comes to propagating specific narratives surrounding it.
These range from political motivations to state-sponsored disinformation. Unless there are trusted moles with actual access to these sites — or who have direct knowledge from those who do — within the Iranian government, and only if Iran has even gained access into critical areas themselves, conclusions can only be made in a preliminary fashion based on very limited information.
Even intercepted intelligence can be falsified in order to throw foreign assessments off. Intelligence reports, as a practice, also range in confidence, and it’s unlikely the confidence is extremely high this soon after the attack.
On Wednesday, Israeli officials touted the success of the attacks on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. However, there are still questions about the whereabouts of the enriched uranium Iran has produced.
“A professional battle damage assessment takes time,” an Israeli official stated.
“Israeli intelligence services haven’t arrived at any bottom lines for now. But we don’t think there was any bug in the operation, and we have no indications the bunker-buster bombs didn’t work. Nobody here is disappointed.”
Earlier on Wednesday, the White House released what it said was a statement from the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission.
“The devastating US strike on Fordow destroyed the site’s critical infrastructure and rendered the enrichment facility inoperable,” the statement claimed. “We assess that the American strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, combined with Israeli strikes on other elements of Iran’s military nuclear program, have set back Iran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons by many years.”
Developing…..
Iran to Quit IAEA…
The Iranian Parliament voted on Wednesday to suspend all cooperation with the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The bill, passed by a majority of lawmakers, now awaits final approval from Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
Tehran has accused the IAEA of failing to protect its nuclear infrastructure...
Trump demands end to Netanyahu’s graft trial: ‘US saved Israel -going to save Bibi’..
In an unprecedented intervention in the Israeli justice system, US president slams criminal case against PM as a ‘ridiculous Witch Hunt,’ declares ‘THIS TRAVESTY CAN NOT BE ALLOWED’
Fresh off striking Iranian nuclear facilities together with Israel, US President Donald Trump on Thursday demanded the end of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ongoing criminal trial.
The unprecedented intervention in the Israeli justice system by an American president came as the cross-examination of Netanyahu, which began earlier this month, was due to resume after being halted while courts went on emergency footing amid the war with Iran, with only urgent proceedings taking place.
Russia is increasing production of its Oreshnik missile system……….
Russia is increasing production of its Oreshnik missile system as NATO pledges an additional $40 billion to Ukraine.
The nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile is a powerful system with the capacity to travel 3,415 miles, effectively enabling Russia to strike anywhere in the West from Europe to the United States.
“Serial production of the latest Oreshnik medium-range missile system is under way,” Putin told a graduating class of military cadets in televised comments.
The system became operational on November 21, 2024, and used in an attack whereby it carried multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRV) payload and six warheads that were each capable of releasing submunitions.
The first use of the system involved dummy warheads that still caused destruction due to hypersonic kinetic energy. It is widely believed that the first use of the Orsenhnik system was more of a psychological move than an actual strike.
In fact, Moscow notified Washington 30 minutes before deploying the missile. Moscow wanted to reveal to the world that it is ready to employ this new lethal technology.
According to Putin this missile travels at such speed it is impossible for any enemy to intercept and bring it down.
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We did make it as clear as we could and labelled this report 'preliminary" and it was in fact 'published' not 'leaked' - we in no way saw ourselves playing into the hands of anyone - - we were simply announcing that a report had been released - we never said we agreed with its findings, and did not express 'motivation' toward any view? We simply publish the news as it becomes available? Ed
It's concerning to me that an unofficial and leaked report is being called, "published." Anyone can " publish" anything. Its long been a tactic by the left, just ask Nancy Pelosi, as she readily shared exactly how to do it. People used to wait for the official report. Motives come into play with "leaked" reports. We need to not rush to judgement nor play into their hands. If it turns out to be true, so be it, but please just wait a minute, or.. 2 or 3 days.