The US fears that Israel will attack nuclear facilities in response to the Iranian attack

Days after the Iranian attack on Israel, Washington is trying to get details from Israel on the timing, scope and nature of the Israeli response. A senior official in the American administration told CNN yesterday (Friday) that Israel “did not take off the table the possibility of attacking the nuclear facilities, and did not give guarantees that this would not be the target of the attack.”

Unlike the Iranian attack in April, when the United States pushed for a containment policy, this week a number of senior officials in Washington, including President Joe Biden, reacted to the latest attack and said that “the Iranian move must have consequences.” However, the fear in Washington is that Israel’s response will continue the cycle of aggression, and bring the entire region to a more serious boiling point.

Unlike the American administration, which is trying to stabilize the region and prevent escalation, former President Donald Trump has a different message for Israel: “The Iranian nuclear facilities are the thing you want to attack, that is the biggest risk we have,” he also said: “Biden should say – first we will attack, then That’s how we’ll take care of it.”

Another question that the Americans are asking for an answer to, according to the senior source for the CNN network, is the date of the attack. “It is possible that Israel is waiting for Shevah in October to respond, at the moment it is difficult to know,” he qualifies: “It is possible that Israel will try to avoid an attack on the anniversary of the massacre, and that the attack will be carried out after the anniversary – or even before it. Let us hope that Israel will express not only force but also wisdom – but As you know, there is no guarantee of that.”

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Meanwhile, President Biden said yesterday that his men are in close talks with their Israeli counterparts: “We are on the line with them 12 hours a day,” he said, adding: “If I were in their shoes – I would think of alternatives to attacking oil installations.”

In response to Biden’s statement, oil prices rose more than 5%, reflecting uneasiness among investors, who fear that a wider war in the Middle East could disrupt oil supplies. Despite the uncertainty of an Israeli strike on Iranian oil, even the hint of it from Biden was enough to send shockwaves around the world.

Biden’s words apparently refer to a report earlier this week in Axios, according to which Israel is considering attacking oil infrastructure in Iran. According to the report, senior Israeli officials said that the cabinet meeting ended with the understanding that there would be a significant response against Iran, but without a clear decision regarding the scope and timing. One of the reasons for this is that Israel wants to coordinate its moves with the US. The US supports an Israeli response, but wants it to be calculated.

As published in Axios, according to estimates, one of the targets of such an attack may be the country’s oil facilities, Israeli officials said. “We have a big question mark about how the Iranians intend to respond to the attack, but we are taking into account the possibility that they will go all the way, and that will be a completely different game,” said an Israeli official.