According to a report by Israel's Channel 12 TV station on the 13th, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke with US President Donald Trump last week to discuss the possibility of restarting the war against Iran before the midterm US congressional elections in early November or even before the Knesset elections on October 27. The report quoted an informed US official as saying that they believed Netanyahu “wanted to launch an attack before the election.” Trump has publicly stated that he will not attack Iran before the midterm elections. According to an anonymous source, both the Israel Defense Forces and the US Central Command are on “high alert” and are completing preparations to prevent Trump from “changing his mind.” However, the Israeli Prime Minister's office denied that Netanyahu urged Trump to attack Iran before the election, saying that Netanyahu is maintaining dialogue with Trump and senior US government officials. The report also quoted an American source as saying that Netanyahu and Trump had “discussed many times” the issue of resuming the attack on Iran. Trump told Netanyahu that he could “begin preparations,” but did not formally promise to approve the attack. A senior Israeli official said that Trump “initially seemed ready for approval, but then changed his mind.” The report said that the US side's position on this issue “changes every few days.”

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