Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has hailed what he called a “historic victory” over Iran, even as a U.S. intelligence assessment suggests American airstrikes only delayed Tehran’s nuclear ambitions by a few months. The ceasefire between Iran and Israel, reached on Tuesday after 12 days of retaliatory attacks, came shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump escalated the conflict with bunker-buster bombings over the weekend, claiming the strikes had destroyed major Iranian nuclear facilities. However, a classified initial U.S. intelligence report indicated the damage inflicted by American strikes would delay Iran’s nuclear program by only a few months. Trump rejected the report on Tuesday, declaring on Truth Social: “THE NUCLEAR SITES IN IRAN ARE COMPLETELY DESTROYED!” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the report's authenticity but dismissed its conclusions as “flat-out wrong.” In a national address following the ceasefire, Netanyahu declared: “We have thwarted Iran’s nuclear project,” vowing that Israel would respond with the same force if Iran attempted to rebuild it. Israel launched its bombing campaign on June 13, insisting the goal was to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons—a claim Iran continues to deny. The Israeli military has since asserted that its strikes have set Iran’s nuclear program back “by years.” Despite early violations of the ceasefire prompting a sharp rebuke from Trump, Iran announced it would uphold the truce if Israel did the same. Israel, in turn, confirmed it had held back from further strikes. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran is open to resuming negotiations over its nuclear program but emphasized that Iran would continue to assert its right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy. Leaked intel – US media on Tuesday cited people familiar with the Defense Intelligence Agency findings as saying the American strikes did not fully eliminate Iran’s centrifuges or stockpile of enriched uranium. The strikes sealed off entrances to some facilities without destroying underground buildings, according to the report. White House Press Secretary Leavitt responded on social media: “The leaking of this alleged assessment is a clear attempt to demean President Trump, and discredit the brave fighter pilots who conducted a perfectly executed mission to obliterate Iran’s nuclear program.” While Iran and Israel have been locked in a shadow war for decades, their 12-day conflict was by far the most destructive confrontation between them.