Netanyahu accuses Mojtaba Khamenei of advancing nuclear bomb detonation system

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, of moving forward with the development of a nuclear bomb detonation system, saying he "has issued instructions to complete work on this system and accelerate the race toward a nuclear bomb," at a time when media reports spoke of Israeli military movements near the Iranian border and the possibility of new attacks.

In an interview with the newspaper Israel Hayom, Netanyahu said, "Iran is struggling to control the nuclear bomb detonation system."

On Wednesday, Netanyahu accused Mojtaba Khamenei of failing to learn from previous confrontations and, according to Netanyahu, reviving the military-purpose nuclear project inside facilities located deep underground. He warned of Israel's ability to reach underground targets.

Regarding the timing of possible future attacks on Iran, sources cited by Israel Hayom said that Washington would determine the schedule.

In a related development, the US website Axios quoted Israeli and American officials as saying that dozens of Israeli Air Force fighter jets conducted a sortie last Monday that reached the Iranian border.