A report by the New York Times on Saturday says that Israel consulted with the United States before carrying out strikes on an Iranian nuclear facility and a missile base earlier this year.
“Israel spoke with the US ahead of a strike in September against a missile base, and one in June on a facility which made components for machines used to enrich uranium,” the newspaper wrote.
Saturday’s report said that in the wake of the consultations, the White House praised Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s government “for being far more transparent with it” than former premier Benjamin Netanyahu had been.
The New York Times report cited conversations with more than a dozen American and Israeli officials.
Israel has not publicly accepted responsibility for any strikes against Iran. However, Tehran has reportedly accused Jerusalem of most of these suspicious attacks.
Meanwhile, according to the report there were increasing tensions between Washington and Jerusalem as the US and Israel diverged on whether strikes on Iranian targets were an effective course of action.
