❝ Israel is estimated to possess somewhere between 90 and 400 nuclear warheads ❞ — Wikipedia

❝ Israel began building a nuclear weapons development site in 1958.

A recently declassified U.S. intelligence report from December 1960, by the Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee, stated that the Dimona project included a reprocessing plant for plutonium production. The report concluded that the project was related to nuclear weapons.

Around 1967, Israel secretly developed the ability to build nuclear explosives, according to the Arms Control Association. By 1973, the United States “was convinced Israel had nuclear weapons,” the Federation of American Scientists later wrote. ❞

— New York Times • 17 June 2025)

❝ But this history lesson is not about Iran’s program. It’s about Israel’s nuclear program — and how Jerusalem, too, deceived American officials about its intentions. If Iran has followed a playbook of nuclear deception, it was written by Israel.

As of 2021, Israel is believed to possess 90 nuclear warheads for delivery by aircraft, land-based ballistic missiles and possibly sea-based cruise missiles, according to an estimate by researchers at the Federation of American Scientists. ❞

— Washington Post • 23 June 2025