Israeli strikes prompted by Iran's alarming nuclear breakthrough - Channel 12

One of the main drivers behind Israel’s decision to strike Iran this month was a highly alarming breakthrough in Iran’s nuclear program, which suggested it was much closer to a nuclear bomb than previously believed by Israeli officials, a report by Israel's Channel 12 said.

The report added that a group of Iranian scientists had been secretly working on nuclear weapons development in a way that caused serious concern among Israeli intelligence and leadership.

It said that the operation aimed to stop this effort and specifically target the scientists involved — who, according to the report, “were indeed eliminated.”