30.10.2026 00:06
According to a CNN report citing two U.S. officials, U.S. forces in the Middle East are ready to launch new large-scale attacks on Iran within 96 hours if an order comes from President Donald Trump. Officials suggested that the attack order could come by the end of the year, most likely after the midterm elections. The report also claimed that Trump did not authorize Netanyahu's request for a joint attack before the election.
U.S. forces in the Middle East are claimed to be ready to launch new and potentially major attacks against Iran within 96 hours after receiving orders from President Donald Trump.
In a report based on two American officials whose names CNN did not disclose, it was alleged that the U.S. has plans for major attacks on Iran if Trump decides and could launch these attacks within 96 hours.
In the report, which maintained that there are sufficient forces in the region for possible attacks, it was claimed that the scope of the U.S.'s new attacks could go beyond efforts to preserve the status quo.
ATTACK ORDER COULD COME AFTER MIDTERM ELECTIONS
The report stated that some current and former U.S. officials estimated that Trump's attack order could come at any time before the end of the year, most likely after the midterm elections.
In the report, which conveyed the officials' view that Trump had not yet decided what he would do after the midterms but appeared inclined toward ordering a major action, it was reported that officials warned that Trump had appeared inclined toward certain actions in the past as well but had backed down at the last moment.
NO GREEN LIGHT GIVEN TO NETANYAHU'S REQUEST FOR A JOINT ATTACK
According to two U.S. officials and an Israeli security source, the report alleged that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was pressing to carry out new attacks against Iran, but American officials asked Netanyahu to postpone it until the Trump administration became ready to carry out joint attacks.
The report also included the claim, based on an Israeli security source, that Netanyahu tried to persuade Trump to launch a joint attack against Iran before the elections, but Trump did not give the green light.
The report described that Israel was preparing last week for the possibility of launching an attack on Iran and asked American officials for support for this, and alleged that senior U.S. officials, including Trump, told Israel to wait and signaled that the two countries would soon launch joint attacks.