Frank Gardner
BBC, Oct. 21, 2024
“Glaringly absent from these documents is any mention of what targets Israel intends to hit in Iran, or when.”
US investigators are trying to find out how a pair of highly classified intelligence documents were leaked online. The documents, which appeared on the messaging app Telegram on Friday, contain an alleged US assessment of Israeli plans to attack Iran.
The assessment is based on the interpretation of satellite imagery and other intelligence.
On Monday White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said President Joe Biden was “deeply concerned” about the leak. Officials have not determined whether the documents were released due to a hack or a leak, Mr Kirby said.
For three weeks now, Israel has been vowing to hit Iran hard in retaliation for Iran’s mass ballistic missile attack on Israel on 1 October. Iran says that was in response to Israel’s assassination of the Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, on 27 September.
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