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Home / Middle East / Biden ‘deeply concerned’ about leaked docs on Israel’s Iran attack plan
Middle East, Iran, Israel

October 21, 2024

Biden ‘deeply concerned’ about leaked docs on Israel’s Iran attack plan

After the October 1 attack, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran had “made a big mistake tonight and will pay for it,” leading to a growing concern about a regional conflagration.

Defense Priorities Middle East director Rosemary Kelanic previously told Newsweek it marked a “dangerous escalation” in the months-long conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed militias Hezbollah and Hamas.

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