U.S. Sends Unusual Message to Israel as War Resumes

Against the backdrop of heightened Israeli Air Force preparations for the possibility of military action in Iran, Kan News reported this evening, Thursday, that the United States made it unequivocally clear to Israel that any strikes on Iranian territory would be carried out only by American forces. According to the report, the planned U.S. move is a direct response to the downing of the helicopter and, at the same time, part of an effort to pressure Tehran and advance negotiations with it. A senior Israeli official addressed the developments behind the scenes and revealed the pressure from the administration in Washington: "We received a clear message not to intervene. The Americans want the current confrontation not to spread to additional countries in the Middle East, because they have still not given up on the negotiations, and they think this is the way to get the Iranians to give up the nuclear program."