Netanyahu, Trump discuss level of US support for Israeli strike on Iran, report
YnetNews.com reports: “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed the levels of American backing in an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear sites, ranging from active military support – such as intelligence, refueling or other assistance, to political backing for a coercive ultimatum, according to a report by the Washington Post’s David Ignatius in an article published late on Thursday.
According to the report the United States has already provided Israel with bunker-busting bombs that could severely damage Iranian uranium enrichment centrifuges and other equipment buried in a mountain fortress in Fordow, near Qom.
Ignatius quoted American and Israeli officials who said that if Iran refuses a ‘Libya-style abandonment’ of its nuclear facilities, Israel would strike them with or without American support.
The decision of the Biden administration not to support Israel’s ultimatum, is now put to Trump. According to reporting in major U.S. media outlets in recent days, American intelligence reports claimed that Washington believed an Israeli strike on Iran would come in the first half of 2025. CNN also said that Israel intended not only to attack Iran’s nuclear capabilities but to bring down the Iranian regime…”
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