Washington (AFP) – The United States is investigating an unauthorized launch of… Confidential documents Which evaluates Israel plans to attack IranThree US officials told the Associated Press. A fourth US official said the documents appeared legitimate.
The documents are attributed to National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and National Security ServiceWe note that Israel was still moving its military assets into place to launch a military strike in response Iranian ballistic missile attack On October 1, it was sharable within the “Five Eyes”, namely the United States, Great Britain, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.
The documents, which were classified as top secret, were posted on the messaging app Telegram and were first reported on Saturday by CNN and Axios. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
The investigation is also examining how the documents were obtained — including whether they were an intentional leak by a member of the U.S. intelligence community or obtained in another way, such as a hack — and whether any other intelligence was compromised, one of the officials said. . As part of this investigation, officials are working to determine who had access to the documents before they were published, the official said.
The United States has urged Israel to benefit from its elimination Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar He pressed for a ceasefire in Gaza, and urgently warned Israel against the consequences of further expansion Military operations in northern Lebanon And risking a broader regional war. However, the Israeli leadership has repeatedly stressed that it will not let the Iranian missile attack pass without a response.
The Pentagon said in a statement that it was aware of the reports regarding the documents, but had no further comment.
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The Israeli army did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the leak of the two documents.
The documents first appeared online on Friday via a Telegram channel, and claimed to have been leaked by someone in the US intelligence community and, later, by the US Department of Defense. The information appears to have been gathered entirely through the use of satellite image analysis.
One of the two documents is similar in style to another material from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Leaked by Jack Teixeiraa member of the Air National Guard He pleaded guilty in March For leaking top-secret military documents about Russia’s war on Ukraine and other national security secrets.
The Telegram channel involved in the leak identifies itself as being based in Tehran, the capital of Iran. It has previously posted memes featuring Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and material supporting what Tehran calls the “axis of resistance,” which includes Middle Eastern militant groups armed by the Islamic Republic.
Associated Press writer Jon Gambrell in Jerusalem contributed to this report.
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