Abu Saleh of the Arabic Desk reports that as of now, Israel is not involved in ongoing strikes. The brief statement offers no further details on the nature or target of the operations.
At 22:19 UTC on June 10, 2026, the Arabic Desk's Abu Saleh confirmed that Israel is not currently involved in the ongoing strikes — a statement that aligns with the thread's recent trajectory but refines it with an explicit, on-the-record denial from a desk channel. The update comes roughly 11 minutes after the same source reported a first wave of strikes completed and a second wave underway, and follows a series of conflicting and evolving reports over the past day. This development effectively rules out Israeli participation at this stage, though it does not name the attacking forces.
The Zioneer's thread on this story began with an unverified Iranian claim on June 9 claiming Israeli involvement, followed shortly by an Al Jazeera report making the same assertion — both uncorroborated. At 23:54 UTC on June 9, Israeli security officials denied involvement, as Kan News reported, a position reaffirmed by security sources to journalist Itai Blumenthal earlier this evening (22:28 UTC). The Arabic Desk's update now provides a direct, channel-originated confirmation of that denial, hardening the thread's trajectory from rumor to official pushback. Previous background items from June 7–10 show the desk treated early denials as low-confidence, thin-source signals; this update marks a step toward higher corroboration.
Attributed context: The US has been conducting strikes inside Iran, as The Zioneer reported on June 10 citing security sources. Earlier this week, the White House denied involvement in Israeli retaliatory strikes on Iran (June 8), and the IDF denied a strike in Beirut (June 9). These items confirm a complex regional security picture but do not directly indicate which state is behind the current wave.
What remains open: The attacking force in the current strikes has not been identified. The Arabic Desk's report excludes Israel but does not explicitly attribute the operations to the US or any other actor. The full scope and targets of the second wave remain unspecified.
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