{"id":657423,"date":"2026-10-26T09:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T09:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/657423\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T09:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T09:12:08","slug":"us-ready-to-strike-iran-if-donald-trump-gives-order-as-israel-pushes-for-joint-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/657423\/","title":{"rendered":"US ready to strike Iran if Donald Trump gives order as Israel pushes for joint attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

US forces are prepared to launch a major attack against Iran “within 96 hours” of receiving the order from US President Donald Trump<\/a>, two US officials told CNN on Sunday.<\/p>\n

While Trump has not made a final decision on whether to commit to major military action after the US midterms, officials said any attack that would be conducted would “be a big effort,” going beyond prior US strikes against Iranian assets that can be quickly rebuilt, such as missile launchers and radars.<\/p>\n

One source briefed on the matter told CNN that Israel had been preparing for possibly striking Iran, as well as lobbying the US to participate in the strikes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe plans are ready, waiting for Trump\u2019s approval, could be after the midterms,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n

Two other sources told CNN that both Iran and the Houthis<\/a> were taking the possibility of renewed US attacks very seriously, according to US intelligence.<\/p>\n

Any attack launched by the US – or Israel – would trigger immediate retaliation against US personnel and facilities in the Middle East, the sources added, which is one of the reasons the US is expected to withdraw more personnel from its embassies in the region.<\/p>\n

However, one source familiar with US intelligence assessments said that officials believe that both Iran<\/a> and the Houthis were unlikely to preemptively strike US or Israeli infrastructure at this stage.<\/p>\n

The White House declined to comment, while a senior Pentagon official told CNN that \u201cThe Department is a planning organization, and its job is to develop and execute military options ordered by the President.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US forces are prepared to launch a major attack against Iran “within 96 hours” of receiving the order…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[54,8954,85,87,145699,46,47,43,1032],"class_list":["post-657423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-donald-trump","tag-houthis","tag-il","tag-iran","tag-iran-conflict","tag-israel","tag-middle-east","tag-news","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657423","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=657423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}