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Netanyahu decided to attack Iran last year, kill list was drawn up in secret meeting
Autumn of the year. Donald Trump had not yet taken office as US president. And he had not yet taken the initiative to find a diplomatic solution to Iran’s nuclear program.
Netanyahu decided to attack Iran last year, kill list was drawn up in secret meeting
However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was already pushing Israel towards war with Iran. Several current and former Israeli officials have reported this information.
Current and former Israeli officials also said that in October of last year, Israel destroyed Iran’s air defense system. It weakened Iran’s main ally, the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. Later, Netanyahu ordered preparations for an overall attack on Iran. Israeli intelligence officials held secret meetings. They began to compile a list of Iranian nuclear scientists and military leaders who could be targeted for assassination in the future.
At the same time, the Israeli Air Force was regularly destroying air defense systems in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. The goal was to clear the airspace for future attacks against Iran.
Meanwhile, Israeli officials were working on another strategic aspect of their war preparations. And that was to gain support from Washington.
Israeli officials had long believed that a US-led military operation targeting Iran’s nuclear program would be far more effective than an Israeli operation alone.
Finally, on Saturday, US President Donald Trump brought the US into the conflict. On his orders, the US military attacked three Iranian nuclear facilities.

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Netanyahu made the decision to attack Iran last year, the list of kills was made in a secret meeting
Washington Post
Published: 24 June 2025, 11:40
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Last fall. Donald Trump had not yet taken office as US president. And he had not yet taken the initiative to find a diplomatic solution to Iran’s nuclear program.
Yet it was then that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu led Israel on the path to war with Iran. Several current and former Israeli officials have reported this information.
Current and former Israeli officials also said that in October last year, Israel destroyed Iran’s air defense system. It weakened Iran’s main ally, Hezbollah. Later, Netanyahu ordered preparations for an all-out attack on Iran.
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Israeli intelligence officials held secret meetings. They began to compile a list of Iranian nuclear scientists and military leaders who could be targeted for assassination in the future.
At the same time, the Israeli air force regularly destroyed air defense systems in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. The goal – to clear the airspace for future attacks against Iran.
Meanwhile, Israeli officials were working on another strategic aspect of the war preparations. And that was to gain support from Washington.
Israeli officials have long believed that a joint US military operation targeting Iran’s nuclear program would be far more effective than an Israeli operation alone.
Finally, last Saturday, US President Donald Trump brought the US into the conflict. On his orders, the US military attacked three Iranian nuclear facilities.
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Over the past fall, Israeli officials held several meetings with relevant officials from the then Joe Biden administration. The discussions focused on information gathered by both countries’ intelligence agencies over the summer. The information showed that Iranian nuclear scientists were once again gathering to begin theoretical research on weaponization, according to three people familiar with the matter.
However, US intelligence analysts did not believe that Iran’s top leadership had made any such decision. This assessment was reviewed several times during the spring of the current Trump administration.
U.S. intelligence agencies remained in this position until the time of Israel’s attack on Iran, five sources familiar with the matter said.
But senior Israeli officials said in private that they had decided in March that a strike on Iran would be carried out by June at the latest, with or without U.S. involvement. The decision was made before Netanyahu met with Trump on April 7.
