Israel’s airstrikes damaged Iran’s nuclear program but likely fell well short of eliminating it, experts said, presenting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the US with a quandary on what to do next.

Iran’s most important nuclear sites at Natanz and Fordow have escaped significant damage from Israeli strikes, according to reports and satellite imagery.

The damage to Iran's nuclear facilities from Israel's initial wave of air strikes early on Friday appeared to be limited, experts who have reviewed commercially available satellite imagery said. Israel's attacks succeeded in killing Iranian military leaders and nuclear scientists and in striking military command and control facilities and air defenses,