Israel has said the goal of its aerial bombardment of Iran is to take out the country's nuclear facilities. It wants U.S. help.

Israel has been targeting Iran's nuclear sites with waves of strikes that have damaged its largest uranium enrichment site and centrifuge-production facilities. While United Nations atomic energy chief Rafael Grossi has warned of safety risks coming from attacking nuclear sites,

When Israel launched its series of strikes against Iran last week, it also issued a number of dire warnings about the country’s nuclear program, suggesting Iran was fast approaching a point of no return in its quest to obtain nuclear weapons and that the strikes were necessary to preempt that outcome.