i mean thats kind of how backroom politics must work i bet. there is actionable intel to prevent an attack and there is actionable intel to allow an attack, and to have an actual justification to tit-for-tat. consider the alternative: israel makes a statement saying "we knew about this attack and we did a pre-emptive strike" would you believe them? or would you say they made that up as a false flag? nobody really wins thinking like this
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