YnetNews.com reports: “Four and a half months after the 12‑Day War, in which Israel targeted and severely damaged Iran’s ballistic missile production capabilities and shot down years of its nuclear program, the Islamic Republic is quietly rebuilding its military capacity — and preparing for the next round of potential conflict.

According to a detailed investigation published Wednesday by CNN and based on European intelligence sources, Iran in the past month has increased shipments from China of sodium perchlorate, a key component used to manufacture solid‑fuel rocket engines for ballistic missiles. That drives concerns that the Iranian missile‑arming effort is regaining pace.

During the war, the IDF targeted both Iran’s nuclear and missile‑manufacturing infrastructure. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared the threat neutralized: ‘We destroyed Iran’s missile‑manufacturing industry … we struck dozens of missile factories … we removed the threat of thousands of ballistic missiles aimed at Israel.’

But according to intelligence sources cited by CNN, the reconstruction is underway despite renewed international sanctions. The ‘snap‑back’ of international sanctions at the end of September did not stop the flow of sodium perchlorate from China to Iran. The shipments continued under a loophole—while ammonium perchlorate (a more tightly controlled compound used in the actual solid‑fuel propellant) is explicitly sanctioned, sodium perchlorate is not. That allows Chinese companies to claim the transfer is legal…”