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Haaretz

08:33 AM • October 21 2026 IDT

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Israeli military to prepare for a renewed attack on Iran in early October, but U.S. President Donald Trump opposed restarting the war before the U.S. midterm elections, the Financial Times reported Wednesday, citing three people familiar with the matter.

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Haaretz does not say what the reported plan would have hit. Other outlets reporting the same Financial Times story said the planned strikes included power plants and other civilian infrastructure as well as nuclear facilities. Without this, a reader may picture the proposed attack as aimed only at military or nuclear targets.

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Ynet News (English) reported“The proposed operation reportedly included attacks on nuclear facilities, power plants and other civilian infrastructure”‘Biased and untrue’: Netanyahu denies report Trump blocked planned Israeli attack on Iran (opens in a new tab)
Times of Israel reported“as well as civilian infrastructure including energy plants”Netanyahu denies that Trump halted an Israeli strike on Iran earlier ... (opens in a new tab)

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Haaretz reports in a short item that, according to the Financial Times and three unnamed sources, Netanyahu ordered the Israeli military to prepare a renewed attack on Iran in early October and Trump opposed restarting the war before the US midterms. The report is attributed throughout, the headline carries the same attribution, and nothing in it misleads. The item does not say what the planned strikes reportedly targeted, a minor gap.

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What is missing
Haaretz does not say what the reported plan would have hit. Other outlets reporting the same Financial Times story said the planned strikes included power plants and other civilian infrastructure as well as nuclear facilities. Without this, a reader may picture the proposed attack as aimed only at military or nuclear targets.
How we know
- Ynet News (English) reported“The proposed operation reportedly included attacks on nuclear facilities, power plants and other civilian infrastructure”‘Biased and untrue’: Netanyahu denies report Trump blocked planned Israeli attack on Iran (opens in a new tab)
- Times of Israel reported“as well as civilian infrastructure including energy plants”Netanyahu denies that Trump halted an Israeli strike on Iran earlier ... (opens in a new tab)
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What it gets right

“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Israeli military to prepare for a renewed attack on Iran”
Haaretz names who ordered the planned attack and who would carry it out, in the active voice.
“the Financial Times reported Wednesday, citing three people familiar with the matter”
Haaretz attributes the whole account to its source and says how many people the source relied on, so the reader knows it is a report and not established fact.
“Report: Trump Opposed Netanyahu's Proposed Early October Strikes on Iran”
The headline keeps the attribution the body gives and does not state the report as fact.

Report: Trump Opposed Netanyahu's Proposed Early October Strikes on Iran - Iran News

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