Senior Israeli officials said Sunday evening they were certain that President Trump's morning tweet was a deliberate deception and that the military strike was already underway, according to a report. The remarks come amid growing friction between Jerusalem and Washington over the scope of Israeli operations against Iran and Hezbollah.
Senior Israeli officials said Sunday evening they were certain that a morning tweet by President Trump was a deliberate deception and that a military strike was already underway, according to a report. The remarks come hours after the White House’s last-minute cancellation of a planned strike on Iran, which Israeli security officials had condemned as a second reversal within a week.
At 20:00 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that Israeli security officials attacked Trump over the cancellation, saying his conduct made serious planning impossible. Sixteen minutes later, at 20:06, a separate senior Israeli official told Channel 12 that Trump’s Truth Social post was a “resounding slap in the face” and that restrictions on Israel had escalated. That official warned that U.S. expectations for Israel to avoid broader strikes in Lebanon were incompatible with a strategic alliance.
As The Zioneer reported earlier today, senior Israeli cabinet ministers have privately admitted that the strategic effort to decouple the Iranian nuclear file from the conflict in Lebanon has failed. The U.S. military has launched a third night of strikes on Iranian infrastructure, while President Trump posted a “Next target?” tweet and a direct warning to Tehran that “we are coming.” The deepening friction between Jerusalem and Washington has now reached a visible breaking point.
It remains unclear which specific tweet the officials were referring to, and whether the strike they believed was underway in fact occurred. The Zioneer has not independently confirmed the report.
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