Axios: Israel Helped The U.S. Before Striking Iran

The destruction of Iranian air defenses opened the way for U.S. B-2 bombers.

Forty-eight hours before a U.S. missile strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, particularly at Fordow, the Israeli Air Force destroyed several of Iran's air defense systems.

This happened at the request of U.S. President Donald Trump, Axios, citing U.S. and Israeli officials.

The operation was the culmination of a long period of close coordination between the U.S. and Israel, particularly regarding policies to contain Iran and its nuclear program. As Axios notes, it was a partnership that reached its peak in the final hours before the attack, when Israel directly joined in securing the U.S. military operation.

"I want to thank and congratulate Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. We worked as a team, as perhaps no team has ever worked before, and we have come a long way to destroy this terrible threat to Israel," Trump said in an address to the nation after the strike was announced.

Sources said the decision to coordinate the action came after Trump decided to strike Iranian nuclear facilities. In response to the US president's request, Netanyahu agreed to assist.

The US gave Israel a list of air defense systems that had to be destroyed to allow unimpeded overflight of US B-2 strategic bombers. The Israeli air strikes, which took place two days before the U.S. attack, were focused on southern Iran. Their purpose was to reduce the risk to U.S. aircraft in an attack on the underground facility at Fordow, which the Pentagon planned to destroy with bunker-busting bombs.

On the eve of the strike, Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz held a telephone conversation with U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

"We did not pressure the U.S. to join the war. We were careful not to give the impression that Israel was dragging America into the conflict," an Israeli official said. At the same time, he added that "God hardened Pharaoh's heart - Iran's supreme leader Khamenei behaved like an idiot and rejected any US offers."

After the operation ended, President Trump called Israel's prime minister to brief him on the strike. U.S. sources said Trump is eager for peace and has no plans for further attacks unless Iran responds with force. "He is prepared to act if U.S. forces are hit, but wants to avoid escalation," one U.S. official said.

Despite this, the Israeli side points out that Iran's response to the strikes is not yet known, and it is this that could determine further developments. According to the source, the US has made it clear: for them, this phase of the operation is over, although Israel may continue its own strikes.

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