US officials are worried that Israel could decide to carry out strikes on Iran’s nuclear program without much warning, the New York Times reports.
The outlet says that US intelligence believes that Israel could make the preparations to carry out an attack in as little as seven hours, which would leave them very little time to attempt to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to change his mind, the report says.
Those American intelligence officials are said to doubt the efficacy of a unilateral strike by Israel, with Israeli officials said to believe that the US would have no choice other than to assist if Tehran were to strike back.
The report says that Israeli officials have told Washington that a strike could be carried out even if a nuclear agreement is reached between the US and Iran.
In response, the Prime Minister’s Office dismisses the report as “fake news.”
It comes after a flurry of reports of heated disagreements between US President Donald Trump and Netanyahu on the matter of Iran’s nuclear program.
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