Trump says Israel should attack Iran's nuclear facilities

US presidential candidate Donald Trump said that Israel should attack Iran's nuclear facilities in response to the recent massive missile attack by Tehran, and think about the consequences later. This was stated by Trump during his speech in North Carolina, writes CNN.

He disagreed with President Joe Biden, who considered it inappropriate to hit Iranian nuclear facilities.

I think Biden is wrong. Isn't that the kind of target you would strike? - trump said.

Earlier, Biden urged Israel to choose a measured approach that would "defend its right to retaliate while avoiding actions that could trigger further retaliation and plunge the region into full-scale war."

As a reminder, on 1 October, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched the ground operation "Arrows of the North" in southern Lebanon. The raid was directed against the facilities and infrastructure of the Hezbollah group.

In the evening of the same day, Iran launched a massive bombardment of Israel. According to the Israeli side, Iran fired more than 200 rockets towards Israel.

According to Iran's Revolutionary Guard, the attack is a response to the assassination of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders Ismail Haniyeh, Hassan Nasralli and Abbas Nilforushan. It emphasises that Israel will be targeted again if it decides to retaliate.

The IAEA knows of at least 17 nuclear sites in Iran: Enarak, Erak, Erdakan Bonab, Bushehr, Chalus, Darkhovin, Fordow (Qom), Ishafan, Kerezh, Lashkar Abad, Lavizan (Tehran), Natanz, Parshin, Saghand, Yazd, and the reactor in Tehran.

Israel is more than a thousand kilometres from Iran's main nuclear bases, and to reach them, Israeli planes would have to cross the airspace of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, Syria and possibly Turkey. According to intelligence reports, a strike on the nuclear facilities would require about 100 aircraft, equivalent to nearly a third of Israel's air force, which has 340 capable aircraft. Analysts believe that without U.S. support, Israel would not be able to carry out such a strike.