Israel has refueling tankers for its attack planes, surveillance drones and sophisticated F-35 fighter jets, theoretically enabling it to strike at Iran’s nuclear sites without having to rely on American aircraft. But it is likely Israel could not inflict the level of damage that U.S. bombers could achieve.

There are reports that Israel is eyeing targeting Iran’s oil refineries and even its nuclear sites in response to Tehran’s volley of ballistic missiles. Experts say such a scenario could be ‘devastati