Israeli Intelligence Helped US Assassinate Iranian Commander: Report

January 13, 2020 News, Videos

Soleimani-Q — Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. (Photo: File)

US media reports are confirming that Israel has played an important role in the assassination of top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.

The American news network, NBC, reported on Friday, January 10 that “the CIA knew exactly when a jet carrying Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani took off en route to Baghdad,” thanks to “Intelligence from Israel” that “helped confirm the details.”

Israeli Analysts: #US ‘Gave #Israel Advance Notice’ of Assassination Plot against #Soleimani https://t.co/ZPhBHVBEQM @PalestineChron #MiddleEast #Iran pic.twitter.com/Xbmj0nyEXf

— Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) January 8, 2020

The day after the strike, Israeli media reported that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had briefed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the US plans to kill Soleimani but refrained from reporting on a directly Israeli role in the killing.

According to The Times of Israel, this led Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to say that “very, very dramatic things” were happening in the region, before departing for Athens.

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The presence of millions of people in Tehran at the funeral of Sardar Dela Qasim Soleimani pic.twitter.com/Uqw7eHgN8r

— kamiiix (@kamiiix2) January 6, 2020

Palestinian journalist and editor of the Palestinian Chronicle, Ramzy Baroud co-authored an article with Italian writer, Romana Rubeo shortly after Soleimani’s assassination suggesting that the nature and timing of the murder bear the marks of the Israeli Mossad.

The ‘Great Game’ is Afoot: Killing #Soleimani Reflects #US Desperation in the #Middle East https://t.co/rGD8l7UxfU via @PalestineChron #Iran #Israel pic.twitter.com/4yCpMl8Lah

— Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) January 12, 2020