Multiple reports describe an Israeli effort to persuade then–U.S. President Donald Trump to launch renewed military action against Iran, citing alleged “kill-plot” intelligence. The accounts say Israel presented material intended to show a credible threat from Iran that would justify an attack. They also frame the push in the context of existing tensions between Washington and Tehran, including Iranian threats of retaliation tied to the killing of Qassem Soleimani, a senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, during Trump’s first term. According to the reporting, Iran has publicly threatened to respond to the U.S. role it associates with Soleimani’s assassination, and this backdrop is used to explain why U.S. decision-makers might view new intelligence as urgent. The sources do not agree on all operational details, and they present the claims as part of an intelligence and decision-making process rather than as independently verified facts about a specific planned attack. Overall, the coverage focuses on how intelligence is said to be used in diplomacy and national security decision-making regarding potential strikes.