Daily Mail columnist Dan Hodges reported on Wednesday that the United States and Israel are currently planning to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities, an attack that could occur within "a few weeks."

Hodges wrote the report while in Tel Aviv, citing Israeli political, diplomatic, and military sources. He stated that the aim of the strike was to "eliminate the threat" posed by Iran's "nuclear weapons program," despite the lack of evidence that Tehran possesses a nuclear weapons program, a fact recently confirmed by US intelligence agencies.

Hodges said that a senior Israeli diplomatic source believes that the Trump presidency represents the best time to strike Iran. The official said, "From Israel's perspective, with Trump in the White House, this is the best time to deal with Iran. There will be no better opportunity."

Trump recently threatened to bomb Iran if a nuclear agreement was not reached, reportedly giving Tehran a two-month deadline, ending at the end of May. Iran responded to Trump by rejecting direct talks in the face of mounting US pressure, but Tehran offered indirect negotiations. Axios reported on Wednesday that the White House was seriously considering Iran's offer of indirect talks, but was amassing US forces in the Middle East in preparation for an attack on the Islamic Republic. US officials told Axios that there was an internal debate within the White House between those who wanted to engage with the Iranians and those who wanted to bomb Iran immediately. The report stated: "If Trump decides the time is right, he will be prepared to respond."

Experts believe that while the United States could launch intensive bombing campaigns against Iran in its efforts to destroy the Iranian nuclear program, in whole or in part, these nuclear programs are scattered over more than 5,000-6,000 sites across the country, extending from its borders with Iraq and Turkey to its borders with Afghanistan and Pakistan, most of them deep in the mountains, requiring heavy B-52 bombers in a carpet bombing campaign that would last for months, and perhaps years.

It's worth noting that during his first presidential term, Trump withdrew from the 2015 agreement between Iran and world powers, which placed strict restrictions on Tehran's disputed nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief.

Recent US deployments to the Middle East have included an additional aircraft carrier, additional air assets, and the deployment of more B-2 bombers to the US base on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. According to Haaretz, this military buildup is the largest US offensive deployment to the region since October 7, 2023. This US military buildup also comes amid an intensified US bombing campaign in Yemen, which Trump launched on March 15. The US president has linked the airstrikes to Iran, stating that every Houthi attack will be blamed on the Islamic Republic, despite US officials acknowledging that the Houthis act independently and have a domestically produced weapons supply.

Trump had imposed comprehensive US sanctions to appease Netanyahu. Since then, according to experts, Iran has far exceeded the agreed-upon limits in its escalating uranium enrichment program.

A comprehensive US-Israeli attack on Iran would likely trigger massive Iranian missile attacks on US bases in the region, and the situation could escalate rapidly from there. In the face of US threats, a senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard warned that the United States has "10 bases in the region, especially around Iran, and 50,000 troops stationed there," and said that the United States is "sitting in a glass house."