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Netanyahu Denies Report of Trump Halting Israeli Attack on Iran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied a Financial Times report claiming that US President Donald Trump blocked a planned Israeli military strike against Iran. The British newspaper reported that Israel had prepared to launch strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, regime-linked sites, and civilian energy infrastructure during the weekend of October 10.

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01Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied a Financial Times report that US President Donald Trump blocked an Israeli strike on Iran.
02The Financial Times reported that Israel prepared to strike Iranian nuclear, regime, and energy sites on the weekend of October 10.
03President Donald Trump reportedly opposed the strike to avoid a military confrontation before the US midterm elections on November 3.
04The Jerusalem Post countered that Israeli military preparations on October 10 were for other security scenarios, not an imminent attack.
05Alternative scenarios for the military preparations included a potential Iranian attack or a joint military operation with the United States.
06Trump previously clarified that the United States would not attack Iran before the elections and that talks with Tehran were ongoing.

According to the Financial Times, Netanyahu wanted to advance the strike, but Trump opposed resuming hostilities to avoid a military confrontation before the US midterm elections on November 3. Trump had previously stated that the United States would not attack Iran before the elections and that talks with Tehran were ongoing, while reiterating that Iran would not obtain a nuclear weapon.

Netanyahu dismissed the report as untrue and biased. Additionally, The Jerusalem Post published a conflicting report stating that the Israeli military was not preparing for an imminent attack on October 10, but was instead preparing for other security scenarios, such as a potential Iranian attack or a joint military operation with the United States.

Summarized by baba from the reports of 3 newsrooms. Updated 13:32

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