Trump’s team are said to be debating whether the US should get involved in the conflict, which has now reached its ninth day of strikes.
Israel’s officials told the White House that they did not want to wait the two weeks that Trump presented on Thursday as a deadline for deciding whether the US would get involved, arguing that they have a limited window of opportunity to move against the deeply buried site at Fordow.
The US is believed to be the only country with the bunker-busting bombs powerful enough to reach the facility.
The strategic move reinforced the possibility that the US could participate directly in an attack on Iran.
A US Air Force B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber (Photo: Mike Segar/Reuters)A Washington source told Reuters that Israel had warned the White House that it believes Trump’s window of up to two weeks is too long and that more urgent action is needed.
Split in the White House?
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth also participated in the call, Reuters reported.
Vance has frequently criticised past US involvement in conflicts, including Iraq and Afghanistan, but has lately defended Trump against Republican critics who urge the administration to stay out of the Iran conflict.
Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth greet visitors during the Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony (Photo: Kayla Bartkowski/Getty)Trump, who campaigned on a promise to keep the US out of what he called “stupid” foreign wars, has himself seemed conflicted at times about whether to join the Israeli attack on Iran or focus on diplomatic efforts to end Tehran’s nuclear program. But his rhetoric in recent days has become increasingly aggressive toward Iran.
Could Israel act alone?
Netanyahu has not ruled out Israel attacking Fordow alone, despite no obvious plans on how this would be achieved without US equipment.
“I don’t see them waiting much longer,” an Israeli source told Reuters, arguing that they have limited time given the costs of the war.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pressed the US President Donald Trump for support in attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities (Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty)
That could mean focusing on destroying what is inside the site rather than the site itself, said one of the sources.
Another scenario being considered, according to another source, would be to drop a series of munitions in rapid succession in an attempt to breach the fortified site, similar to how the Israeli military killed Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah last year.
Such a strike could be followed by an incursion by special forces, the source said.
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