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Background: From Containment to Direct Action Months of careful planning preceded the February 28 offensive. Following the twelve-day conflict of June 2025 — during which Israeli and U. S.
forces struck and significantly degraded Iran’s nuclear infrastructure — intelligence agencies continued to monitor Iran’s efforts to rebuild missile capabilities and stockpile enriched uranium.
By late 2025, Israeli military intelligence concluded that Iran was nearing a nuclear capability that would be increasingly difficult to counter
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