Senior IDF Officials Say Trump Did Not Block an Iran Strike

Senior IDF officials said Thursday evening that Donald Trump had not stopped an Israeli strike on Iran, explaining that such an operation had not been on the agenda. The unnamed officials distinguished a decision to attack from an increase in military alert and readiness alongside heightened American readiness. They said there was no reason to strike Iran before the election unless preparations for an attack on Israel were identified. Their account described heightened preparedness rather than a strike that had been planned and then halted.