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Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani told a press briefing on Sunday that strikes on Iranian weapon production and nuclear facilities are now the priority of IDF operations.

Shosahni said that on Saturday, Iran fired fewer than 10 ballistic missiles toward Israel while Hezbollah launched dozens of drones and rockets from Lebanon. Shosahni said that 90% of Saturday’s attacks were intercepted.

Shoshani described the IDF ground operation inside southern Lebanon as “defensive,” although Israeli officials have said their forces intend to seize additional Lebanese territory as a “buffer zone” to protect northern Israel from Hezbollah fire. Shosahni said that 850 Hezbollah members — many from the elite Radwan Force — have been killed in recent clashes.

Shoshani defended the IDF’s Saturday killing of journalist Ali Shuaib, who he claimed — without providing any evidence — was a member of the Radwan Force. Shosani did not comment on the killing of two other Lebanese journalists — Fatima Ftouni and Mohamed Ftouni — on Saturday.

Iran’s foreign minister said on Thursday that his country’s nuclear facilities were not completely destroyed and suggested Tehran still holds some leverage in potential future negotiations over its nuclear program.

“They thought they would completely destroy our nuclear facilities and leave our hands empty in negotiations, then say, ‘Come to negotiate.’ This didn’t happen,” Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister said on Iranian State TV.

“The same won’t happen with snapback, meaning it’s not that the Europeans’ hands will be full; on the contrary, their hands will be completely empty,” he added.

Snapback is the term to describe the mechanism in the 2015 nuclear agreement that would quickly reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran if it didn’t meet its nuclear commitments. The UK, France, Germany, Russia and China can trigger the mechanism if they find Iran in violation of the agreement. The U.S. lost that ability when President Donald Trump withdrew from the deal in his first term.

Araghchi also described what a potential nuclear agreement might look like even after the military strikes by the U.S. and Israel.

“Any potential agreement should have two main pillars: enrichment in Iran and the lifting of sanctions. On the other hand, there could also be another pillar, which is Iran’s commitment to not moving towards a nuclear weapon,” he said. “This is because it aligns with our standards, principles, and beliefs. We have no problem with this either. Therefore, if these three axes exist in any agreement, in our view, the possibility of reaching that agreement exists. Now, the details can be discussed.”

It would likely take “years” for the Iranians to rebuild all three nuclear facilities struck by the U.S. — Natanz, Fordow and Esfahan — because they were “destroyed,” U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Wednesday.

Gabbard also criticized what she called the “propaganda media,” accusing outlets of trying to “selectively release portions of illegally leaked classified intelligence assessments (intentionally leaving out the fact that the assessment was written with ‘low confidence’) to try to undermine President Trump’s decisive leadership and the brave servicemen and women who flawlessly executed a truly historic mission to keep the American people safe and secure.”

Earlier in the week, CNN reported details from an early Defense Intelligence Agency assessment indicating that the U.S. strikes on Iran only set back its nuclear program by months.

Gabbard told ABC News on Monday that the U.S. strike against Iran obliterated “key Iranian capabilities needed to quickly assemble a nuclear weapon.”

“The operation was a resounding success,” Gabbard added.