Mossad chief David Barnea said on Tuesday that Israel must “ensure” Iran doesn’t restart its nuclear program, six months after the IDF struck the Islamic Republic’s atomic facilities during a 12-day war.

A country sworn to Israel’s destruction, such as Iran, which has “enriched uranium levels that have no explanation other than realizing its desire for a military nuclear weapon, is a country that will break out as soon as it is allowed,” Barnea said at an award ceremony for Mossad intelligence agents in Jerusalem.

“The idea of continuing to develop a nuclear bomb still beats in their hearts. We bear responsibility to ensure that the nuclear project, which has been gravely damaged, in close cooperation with the Americans, will never be activated,” he said.

The outgoing spy chief, who will end his term in June 2026, praised Israel’s surprise opening strikes of the war, which he suggested showed the vast amount of intelligence Israeli spies had collected on Iran.

“Even though the ayatollahs’ regime awoke, in a single moment, to discover that Iran had been entirely exposed and infiltrated, Iran still........

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