During that time, Israeli forces have severely weakened its enemy Hezbollah in Lebanon, inflicted heavy losses on Hamas in Gaza, decimated air defences in Syria, and now struck directly at Iran – once considered too risky a move.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the bombing campaign aimed to end the threats from Tehran’s nuclear program and ballistic missiles. He did not give a timetable for stopping the strikes.

America’s bombing of the Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear complexes over the weekend is game-changing. It will transform the immediate conflict between Israel and Iran, postponing, for the time being, the peril posed by Iran’s nuclear programme. But its repercussions will reverberate far beyond that.