Arab-Israeli Conflict

Report: Israel caused explosion at Iran nuclear site

A Kuwati paper quotes a “senior security source” as saying the explosion was the result of an airstrike conducted by the IDF’s F-35 stealth jet.

By World Israel News Staff

A fire and an explosion early Thursday morning that struck a building above Iran’s underground Natanz uranium enrichment facility was caused by an Israeli cyber attack, according to the Kuwaiti al-Jarida newspaper.

U.S.-based analysts have identified the site as a new centrifuge production plant.

The al-Jarida report, published Friday, quotes a “senior security source” as saying the explosion was the result of an airstrike conducted by the IDF’s F-35 stealth jet.

The blast, the Kuwaiti paper said, made a “crack” in the reactor building.

Early Thursday, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (IAEO) sought to downplay the fire at the top-secret nuclear facility, where it is widely believed the Islamic Republic is enriching uranium for use in nuclear weapons, calling it an “incident.”

The explosion occurred less than a week after a massive explosion rocked the Parchin military site in Iran’s capital city Tehran.

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