Gantz: Israel May Attack Iran "Within Two, Three Years"

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Wednesday that Israel could launch an attack on Iranian nuclear sites within two or three years, in unusually frank comments about a possible timetable for an Israeli attack.

The international community spent efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, but the Iranians are stepping up efforts to enrich uranium, a process that has civilian uses but can also be used to produce fuel for nuclear bombs, despite Iran's denials of any intention to do so.

Experts say Iran may be able to raise the level of enrichment to the fissile purity needed for weapons in a short period of time.

But the experts note that this process will take years to make a warhead fit for launch, a similar estimate echoed by a general in Israeli military intelligence this month.