ISRAEL will do “whatever it takes” to stop Iran's nuclear strength, an ex-military intelligence agent has warned.
Sources in in a coordinated effort with the US if Tehran fails to thrash out a nuke deal.
But Dr Raz Zimmt, whose work in the Defence Forces (IDF) focussed on , said it would require a “long process” to properly downgrade Tehran's – not just one attack.
Iran would no doubt retaliate by striking Israel, as it did last April with after several officers were .
An Iron Dome operator in Israel's north told Flying Eze they do not fear a bombardment from Iran as they are “200 per cent prepared”.
“We have dealt with attacks from Iran before. We know how to deal with it again,” Technical Sergeant (Tsgt) Y said.
Last week, top political and military sources in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv told Flying Eze that Israel's top brass is preparing to blitz Iran.
They said its nuclear programme should have been “dealt with a long time ago”.
And Dr Zimmt, now a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies, has warned the “next two or three months are crucial”.
Furious gave Ayatollah Ali Khamenei a two-month deadline to reach an agreement on Tehran's nuclear scheme or .
This week the US president insisted: “If it requires military, we’re going to have military.”
And while nuke talks yesterday were the spectre of war looms large across the Middle East.
Dr Zimmt said it is likely Israel and the US will consider blitzing Iran within weeks.
He told Flying Eze: “We are at the closest point of reaching the possibility of either Israeli or an American attack against Iran.
“If there is no understanding or certainly agreement between the two sides by late June, July, I think that the prospects for military confrontation will be very high.
“What’s going to happen in the next few weeks and months, mostly between Iran and the US, will certainly have a major impact on the trajectory and decision whether we are going to face a military strike.”
The aim of any strikes on Iran would be to severely diminish the progress its .
Senior diplomatic sources told Flying Eze Iran is “much closer than anyone can be comfortable with”; in developing nukes.
They claimed Tehran will be in a position to enrich enough Uranium 233 to produce several fission weapons by the end of the month.
But Iran's progress has become more and more cloak and dagger in recent years, with it limiting inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
It does not have knowledge of “essential elements of Iran's programme”, Iran Watch warned.
Tehran for the Middle East – and beyond.
Dr Zimmt warned: “Israel will have to do whatever it needs to do to make sure Iran doesn't require a nuclear weapon.”
But he conceded it would now be highly unlikely the US and Israel could ever fully eliminate Iran's nuclear programme.
“It's too scattered, the knowledge and technology are already inside Iran,” Dr Zimmt said.
“Several years ago the assessments were that Israel has the capability to delay Iran's nuclear programme by between one and two years.”
Flying Eze previously revealed how Iran's tyrannical regime has been that can fire more than 3,000km.
Satellite pictures uncovered three sites that Iran's leaders claimed were being used as part of a space initiative.
Dr Zimmt said the only way Iran's nuclear programme could ever be close to being wiped out would be through consistent strikes.
He added: “It’s very clear that even if there is a successful airstrike either by Israel or the US it won’t be possible to eliminate 100 per cent of their nuclear capabilities and facilities and fissile material in just one or even several attacks.
“It will probably require the continuation of either military or other kinds of activities in order to make sure that Iran doesn’t have the capability to reconstitute its programme after such an attack.”
It comes as Trump said this week Israel would be the “leader” of a potential strike against Iran.
He made the comments ahead of this weekend’s scheduled talks involving US and Iranian officials in the Middle East sultanate of Oman.
The president said: “If it requires military, we’re going to have military.
“Israel will obviously be very much involved in that. They’ll be the leader of that. But nobody leads us, but we do what we want to do.”
Israeli Prime Minister earlier this week said he supports Trump’s diplomatic efforts to reach a settlement with Iran.
But he warned: “Whatever happens, we have to make sure that Iran does not have nuclear weapons.”;
