The U.S. government is looking into an obvious leak of classified U.S. military records that showed Israeli plans to strike Iran.
A social media network called Middle East Spectator , published , the U. S. military records online over the weekend. The papers, marked top secret, provides a U. S. evaluation of potential hostile behavior Israel may take after Iran , launched a storm of nuclear weapons at it , on Oct. 1.
The documents that appear to have been leaked include subtle helicopter surveillance operations and increased Israeli air-launched ballistic missile movements. According to the U.S. documents, these Israeli defense activities are “almost truly” a part of Israel’s plan to attack Iran.
White House National Security Council ( NSC ) spokesman John Kirby addressed the leaks to reporters on October 21, but said that no one at the White House knew whether the documents were leaked through a hack or leak from an internal source within the Department of Defense.
” We’re not entirely sure how these documents got into the public domain. I am aware that the Department of Defense is looking into this, and I’m confident that as they look into it, they will look into how they did get made public,” Kirby said.
President Joe Biden’s concern over the drip was relayed to Kirby.
” We’re greatly concerned, and the President remains deeply concerned about any leakage of classified information into the public domain”, he said. ” That is not supposed to happen, and it’s intolerable when it does”.
Kirby questioned whether there might be more leaks, and that the administration is unaware of any particular continuing drip risks. There is no reason to believe that additional documents of this kind are going to find their way into the public domain, he said, but the administration did “keep our transmitter up and our eyes available” for potential further leaks.
The Oct. 1 strike saw Iran start around 180 nuclear rockets at targets across Israel. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ( IRGC ) said the strikes were in retaliation for the assassination of Hamas political leader , Ismail Haniyeh , while he visited Iran in July, and the assassination of Hezbollah political leader , Hassan Nasrallah , in September.
Iran and Hamas both declared Israel liable for the bombing that killed Haniyeh, but Israel did not officially accept responsibility for it.
Jewish troops did bear responsibility for the airstrike that killed Nasrallah.
The IRGC claimed that the weapon launch were also in retaliation for a bombing that resulted in the death of Brig. IRGC. Gen. Abbas Nilforoushan, the Egyptian formation’s military assistant in Lebanon. Nilforoushan was  , reportedly , killed in the same strike that killed Nasrallah.
The IRGC , threatened , that if Israel answers to the latest Iranian storm, Iran may build further “heavy assaults”.
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