Netanyahu pushes for fresh strikes on Iran after Trump blocked a planned October offensive ahead of the US midterms
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel is now pressing to launch a new offensive against Iran within weeks, after Trump blocked a planned multi-day bombing campaign targeting power plants, nuclear facilities and…
The Israeli military was ready to hit Iranian nuclear facilities, regime sites and energy plants on the weekend of October 10, in raids more intense than February's joint US-Israeli strikes. Officials have since drawn up a new target list that includes civilian infrastructure never hit before. Deputy White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said the US would not attack Iran before the November 3 midterms. One source called renewed strikes after both elections 'not an unreasonable scenario'.
Yair Golan accuses Netanyahu of plotting strikes for 'political and personal considerations'.
'There will either be a deal or an attack,' one source warned.
The IDF has cancelled all troop leave through Israel's October 27 election.
