Axios reported on the talks between Trump and Netanyahu on the phone before the attack on Iran

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the start of military action against Iran by phone on February 23 before the attacks began. The Axios news agency writes about this on March 4, citing data from sources.

It is noted that Netanyahu warned Trump about the intention of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei to hold a meeting with advisers on February 28. At the same time, the United States and Israel wanted to strike Iran a week earlier, but then postponed its deadline, relying on intelligence reports and "operational circumstances," including bad weather.

At the same time, the American leader, the sources added, wanted to attack Iran even before the intelligence services' information about Khamenei, but did not do so until Netanyahu called him. The data of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), collected on the instructions of the head of the White House, coincided with information about Khamenei from Israeli intelligence.

A day later, during a message to Congress, Trump made a "conscious decision" to strike Tehran so that the ayatollah could not hide before it was struck, the agency writes.

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Israel is also scaling up military operations — it has launched a ground operation against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

Netanyahu admitted on March 2 that he and Trump had discussed the alleged threat posed by Iran two years ago during a meeting at the Mar-a-Lago residence. On Fox News, the politician said that Iran's ruling regime is "fanatical" and attacks both Americans and Jews, as well as the Arabs themselves.

On February 28, the United States and Israel launched a large-scale military operation in Iran. Trump called her goal the protection of the American people. Israel and the United States have carried out numerous attacks on military and civilian targets in Iran, including a school in the city of Minab. The largest Iranian cities, including Tehran, were hit. The Supreme leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has died.

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