U.S. intelligence agencies say Iran is not trying to build a nuclear weapon. Israel says it is - and President Donald Trump agrees. How that dichotomy is resolved may determine whether the United States enters what is already a deadly and destructive war.

The gap between Israel’s assessment of Iran’s nuclear program and that of the U.S. helps explain why the two allies haven’t been aligned in recent days on dealing with Tehran.

Israel’s attack on Iran 'has not critically damaged Iran’s widely dispersed and heavily protected nuclear programme,' the Guardian reports.