Since shortly after it was founded in 1948, Israel has been intent on building a nuclear program to ensure its survival.

When Israel launched its series of strikes against Iran last week, it also issued a number of dire warnings about the country’s nuclear program, suggesting Iran was fast approaching a point of no return in its quest to obtain nuclear weapons and that the strikes were necessary to preempt that outcome.

An Israeli official said that "there's never a 100 percent guarantee," but "a nuclear disaster" should "not happen."