IDF did not plan to strike Iran before election despite earlier reports
Reports suggesting the IDF planned a strike on Iran on October 10 have been dismissed as inaccurate by sources speaking to The Jerusalem Post. The article suggests that narratives regarding US intervention were likely politically motivated to influence the Israeli and US elections.
Why it matters
This clarification highlights how geopolitical tensions and media leaks are being leveraged for domestic political gain in both Israel and the United States.
Despite a Financial Times report, the IDF was not planning a strike on Iran on October 10, The Jerusalem Post has learned.Over the past several months, since the April 7 Israel-Iran ceasefire, the IDF has been on a war footing a few times, ready for the eventuality that the Iranians would launch an attack or that US President Donald Trump would decide on a renewed joint US-Israel operation against the Islamic Republic.One of those times was in the days surrounding October 7, with heightened concern in the IDF that Tehran would choose to initiate a new conflict with Israel around that anniversary date.But neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, nor any other government official had told the IDF to prepare to attack in the way that such orders were handed down leading up to the June 2025 and early 2026 conflicts with Iran.In that sense, sources have…
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