Israel warned the US on Thursday that they were planning to attack Iran next day or within the next two days, Bloomberg reported, citing two US officials.

According to CNN, the Israelis have assured their US counterparts that Iran’s nuclear facilities will not be targeted.

At the same time, the US claims that it was not involved in Israel’s attack on Iran, reports NBC News.

For its part, Iran is downplaying the attack as Iranian officials told Reuters there was no successful missile attack and that any explosions were the result of Iran’s missile defenses.

Meanwhile, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin earlier on Thursday had a telephone conversation with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallad, with the discussion focusing on Iran’s “regional threats and destabilizing actions in the Middle East,” according to a Pentagon statement. .

The call was made before Israel carried out a strike inside Iran, and the Pentagon statement did not mention any talks that may have taken place about Israel’s plans to attack.

Austin also discussed “the importance of increasing and maintaining the flow of humanitarian aid to the civilians of Gaza, including the new route from the port of Ashdod to Israel,” the statement said.

CNN reported Thursday night that Israel had told the U.S. it would retaliate against Iran in the coming days, according to a senior U.S. official.

Israel launched an attack on Iran

Israel launched a raid on Iran today in retaliation for Iran’s attack on Israeli territory over the weekend with hundreds of drones and missiles, US media reported, citing US government officials.

ABC News, CBS and CNN, among others, reported on an operation that the US government had been informed about. NBC clarified that there was no American involvement.

CNN clarified that the operation did not target Iranian nuclear facilities, also citing a US official.

The White House has not yet commented. Asked about this by Agence France-Presse, a Pentagon spokesman limited himself to answering “we have nothing to say at this time”.

Iran activated air defense systems in several cities, Iranian state media reported, while state radio and television reported that explosions were heard in Isfahan, in the central part of the Islamic Republic.

Israel announced this week that it would respond to Iran’s weekend attack with more than 350 drones and missiles, almost all of which were destroyed in flight.

This attack was carried out in retaliation for the deadly bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus, the capital of Syria, which Tehran attributed to the Israeli army.