Tel Aviv / Tehran — Israel says it has hammered the core of Iran’s nuclear and missile machine in a single, stunning 24‑hour operation, claiming to have hit a secret nuclear site and destroyed 300 missile launchers in coordinated strikes across the country.

In a rare on‑camera briefing, an IDF spokesman revealed declassified satellite images showing a remote facility carved into a mountainside near Isfahan, described as a “previously undisclosed enrichment and weapons‑design complex.” Israel says F‑35 jets and long‑range missiles struck ventilation shafts, tunnels and buried halls, triggering massive underground explosions and fires visible for hours.

At the same time, Israeli and U.S. assets reportedly hunted Iran’s missile brigades, targeting fixed pads and mobile launchers that had been used to fire on Israeli cities and U.S. bases. Drone and satellite footage released by the IDF shows rows of scorched transporter‑erector vehicles, shattered revetments and blackened fields where launch clusters once stood.

Iranian officials dismiss the figures as “fantasy warfare,” admitting only to “limited damage” and insisting its strategic capabilities remain intact. Yet reports of disrupted communications, frantic redeployments and gaps in missile fire suggest Tehran’s arsenal has taken a serious hit.

Analysts warn that if Israel has truly degraded both a secret nuclear site and hundreds of launchers in one wave, the military balance has shifted — but so has the political risk. Cornered and humiliated, Iran may now lean harder on proxy warfare, cyberattacks and asymmetric strikes that are harder to predict — and even harder to stop.