By Athena Papakosta

“Deeply concerned” is the president of the United States, Joe Biden after the release of classified documents, which concern Israel’s retaliatory strike against Iran.

US government officials are investigating the matter, and while they do not know at this time whether it was an internal leak or a breach of the system due to hackers, they do not rule out that other documents may have been leaked as well, although there is currently no indication of that.

As already known these are two documentswhich are characterized top secret and had been distributed to the intelligence services of the alliance Five Eyesthat is, of United Statesof Britain, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, who regularly exchange information with each other.

They appeared in the messaging app Telegram on Friday, October 18 and concern a classified United States assessment on October 15 and 16 of Israel’s counterattack plans and preparations against Iran.

According to them, highlights the BBC, the Israel is reportedly planning a missile attack similar to that of last April but more expanded.

They also reveal that Israel is not preparing to activate its nuclear deterrent – ​​which, according to the British network, exposes the United States as it has never publicly acknowledged that its close ally, Israel, has nuclear weapons.

Instead, what is not known are the targets and timing of the attack against him Iran. Given that Washington has expressed its opposition to Israel targeting Tehran’s oil and nuclear facilities, the bases of the Revolutionary Guards and the Basij paramilitary organization close to them are now considered the most likely targets.

The Pentagon has confirmed the leak but, so far, has not made any further comment. According to a former US intelligence official the unauthorized leak of the documents is, most likely, an attempt to reveal the planned reprisals in order to stop them.

Last Friday, when the president of the United States was asked about Israel’s response to Iran, he explained that he “knows very well” what the Israeli leadership is planning. More specifically, when a reporter asked him if he knows how Israel will respond to the October 1 Iranian attack and when that response will be given, the Joe Biden he replied: “yes and yes”. But when the journalist asked him if he could say more about it, the American president answered: “no and no”.

The investigation into the leak of the top-secret documents coincides with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s 11th visit to the Middle East since the start of the war Israel – Hamas a year ago. In his luggage, the American Foreign Minister carries a new attempt to restart the talks with the aim of achieving a ceasefire, even after the extermination of Yahya Sinwar, with the bar remaining low.