{"id":547848,"date":"2026-07-18T16:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T16:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/547848\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T16:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T16:29:12","slug":"israel-plays-active-role-in-us-deliberations-on-possible-expansion-of-iran-campaign-i24news-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/547848\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Plays Active Role In US Deliberations On Possible Expansion Of Iran Campaign, I24NEWS Told"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Cover_content-excerpt__yFjHf excerpt\">Sources familiar with the talks tell i24NEWS that &#8220;the Americans know that if Israel enters the campaign, Iran would suffer devastating consequences&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Guy Azriel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1352b9caa849f9325c12157cf9dfc47bc0e3c73e.png\" class=\"\"\/><a class=\"Link_link__72PFA Link_inline__NFcHM\" href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/authors\/guy-azriel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guy Azriel<\/a>\u2003\u25a0\u2003Diplomatic Correspondent, i24NEWS Hebrew Channel\u2003\u25a0\u2003<a class=\"Link_link__72PFA Link_block__Q-W20\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GuyAz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-label=\"Twitter\/X\"><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft refuels a F-35A Lightning II aircraft during Operation Epic Fury in the US Central Command area of responsibility April 5, 2026. &#13;&#10;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784392152_374_aaabf6725b4000b9a88c084770afb1fe.png\" class=\"\" title=\"US Air Force photo\"\/>A US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft refuels a F-35A Lightning II aircraft during Operation Epic Fury in the US Central Command area of responsibility April 5, 2026. &#13;<br \/>\nUS Air Force photo<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">As the U.S. prepares for a possible expansion of the campaign against Iran, Israel is far from being sidelined. Israeli officials are actively involved in the discussions and intelligence assessments with Washington.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"U.S.-Iran strikes: U.S. hits Iran for 5th consecutive day, Trump mulls ground op.\" class=\"Lazy_poster__hZbms\" data-is=\"lazy-image\" data-observed-item-id=\"https:\/\/i24israel.vod.immergo.tv\/i24israel\/api-uploaded\/WILDMOKA_66929641193.jpg\"\/>U.S.-Iran strikes: U.S. hits Iran for 5th consecutive day, Trump mulls ground op.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Sources familiar with the talks tell i24NEWS that &#8220;the Americans know that if Israel enters the campaign, Iran would suffer devastating consequences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">So far, Tehran has been careful not to draw Israel into the Gulf conflict. If that changes, Israeli assessments suggest it would likely be driven by the regime&#8217;s more hardline factions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">The message communicated by certain officials is as follows: Israel is seen as a far greater threat to the Iranian regime than the U.S. For now, Israel isn&#8217;t watching from the sidelines\u2014it&#8217;s on standby.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sources familiar with the talks tell i24NEWS that &#8220;the Americans know that if Israel enters the campaign, Iran&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-547848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}