Overview
- Netanyahu and Trump are expected to meet on December 29 at Mar-a-Lago, where Netanyahu plans to outline options ranging from an Israel-only operation to a U.S.-led strike.
- Israeli officials, cited by NBC News, say Iran is rebuilding and expanding ballistic-missile production and repairing air defenses damaged in June.
- Jerusalem currently views Iran’s missile output as a more immediate danger than efforts to reconstitute nuclear enrichment sites hit earlier this year.
- The White House said the IAEA and the Iranian government corroborated the U.S. assessment that Operation Midnight Hammer obliterated Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
- Some estimates shared with U.S. officials warn Iran’s missile production could rise to roughly 3,000 per month if left unchecked.