Israeli reports speak of a US-Israel agreement to attack Rafah and not Iran

Reports of Israel's possible response to Iran are making the rounds in the Israeli media today. Major media, such as the “Jerusalem Post” and the “Times of Israel”, emphasize that the United States approved a possible Israeli military operation in Rafah, exchanging this approval for the Jewish state's refraining from retaliating against Iran. This new information is based on a report in the Qatari newspaper, The New Arab, where a senior Egyptian official is quoted as saying: “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu managed to get American approval for military intervention in Rafah in exchange for Israel's abstention from a broad military operation against Iran in response to its recent attack.” The same source revealed that “the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out airstrikes (on Thursday night) in several areas on the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt”, adding that “the relevant officials in Egypt were notified before the execution of some from these raids, […]
Source: News Beast

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