Reports suggest an Israeli airstrike destroyed Iran’s secret Taleghan 2 nuclear research facility, significantly hampering Iran’s nuclear ambitions. -Taleghan 2 may have housed sophisticated equipment for designing the plastic explosives required for nuclear weapon detonation.

The latest strike decimated a high-rise building near one of Beirut’s busiest traffic junctions — shaking the Lebanese capital as Israel kept up its heavy bombardment.

Israel reportedly destroyed an Iranian nuclear facility in October, significantly hindering Iran`s nuclear weapons research efforts, says US media report.