Israel – Iran. The Israelis wanted to kill the highest leader of Iran. They were stopped by US President Donald Trump

US administration officials who wanted to maintain anonymity said that the Israelis had the opportunity to kill the highest leader of Iran. However, Trump was to veto their plan.

Reuters, citing two anonymous American officials, said that the Israelis had a plan to kill the highest leader Iran Ayatollah Ali Chamenei. Donald Trump was to stop them, who vetoed the idea.

– Have the Iranians have already killed the American? NO. Until they do it, we are not even talking about attacks on political leaders – one of the US administration officials was to say.

USA constant contact with Jerusalem

Officials, providing anonymity, said that the highest American officials were in constant contact with Israeli officials on the days on which Israel He carried out a massive attack on Iran to stop the nuclear program developed there.

They also said that the Israelis reported that they had the opportunity to kill the highest leader of Iran, but Trump rejected their plan. Officials did not want to say whether Trump gave this message himself, but the US president often communicated with the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu.

“I'm not going to delve into it”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was asked about Reuters' reports during a Sunday interview for Fox News. “There are many false reports about conversations that have never happened and I'm not going to go into it,” he replied.

– But I can say that I think we are doing what we have to do. And I think United States They know what is good for the United States, “added Netanyahu.

On the night of Saturday to Sunday, there were once again mutual attacks between Israel and Iran. That night, Tehran fired shells twice towards Israeli cities. According to Israeli sources, at least ten people were killed as a result of Iranian attacks and about 200 were injured.

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