Trump claims Israel was part of attack on Soleimani, but pulled out last second
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US President Donald Trump and Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader)
Trump claims Israel was part of attack on Soleimani, but pulled out last second
According to Trump, until two days before the operation, Israel was due to take direct part in the assassination itself, but then got “cold feet,” likely wanting to avoid direct blowback from Tehran.
The Jerusalem Post-Feb 5th2024
Former US president Donald Trump on Sunday told FOX News that Israel was originally supposed to be directly part of the operation to assassinate Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force Chief Qasem Soleimani in January 2020 but pulled out at the last second.
Trump previously made similar comments in mid-October 2023 as part of an extended criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s security apparatus shortly after Israel failed to prevent Hamas’s invasion of southern Israel.
In the end, it was the US alone that assassinated Soleimani using hellfire missiles from drones at Baghdad airport.
Trump’s comments say differently
But according to Trump, until two days before the operation, Israel was due to take direct part in the assassination itself but then got “cold feet,” likely wanting to avoid direct blowback from Tehran.
When Trump’s previous comments were made, it was somewhat lost in the maelstrom of news following Hamas’s invasion, and no one confirmed Trump’s account, with some US officials even seeming to suggest the account was not accurate.
But at press time, multiple Israeli officials with knowledge of the operation declined to address Trump’s comments.
NBC News and Yahoo News had published back in 2020 detailed pieces about Israel’s exact role at a time when all official Israeli echelons had been mum on the issue, and the censor had actively prevented Israeli journalists, including the Jerusalem Post, from providing details for nearly two years – until former IDF intelligence chief Maj. Gen. (res.) Tamir Hayman broke the news of greater Israeli ancillary involvement in December 2021
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