Former US President Donald Trump, on Sunday, revealed new information about the killing of Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Iranian Quds Force, who was killed in an American drone strike in Iraq in early 2020, stressing that Israel was part of the plans to assassinate Soleimani, but withdrew before A short time after the attack was carried out, according to what was reported by the Times of Istrael.

Trump said in an interview on Fox News: “When we killed Soleimani, you know that Israel was supposed to do that to us...but two days before the operation, Benjamin Netanyahu said, ‘We cannot do that.’” “No.” We can do it."

Trump added: “I had a certain general, and he was great, so I said to him: ‘Can we do it ourselves?’ And he said: ‘We can, sir, it’s up to you.’”

So I said: “We will do it.” In 2021, Axios published statements by Trump in which he said that he expected Israel and Netanyahu to be more active in the process, hinting that he would reveal the full story in the future.

Trump told reporter Barak Ravid, in an interview for his book “Peace Trump,” about the Abraham Accords and the reshaping of the Middle East, that “Israel did not do the right thing,” and added: “I can’t talk about this story, but I was disappointed.” Great.. People will hear about it in time.”

Netanyahu praised Trump for the strike that killed the influential general in January 2020. He told reporters at the time: “Trump deserves full credit for acting with determination, strength and speed, and we stand fully with the United States in its just fight for security.” Peace and self-defense

Regarding the recent attack on the American base in Jordan, which led to the death of 3 American soldiers and the injury of about 40 others, Trump said that the attacks launched by armed militias loyal to Iran on American forces last week “would not have occurred to me at all,” stressing that the measures taken Under his administration, Tehran was pushed to inform Washington before any attack to avoid a major escalation.

He added, referring to the killing of Soleimani: “The Iranians called me and said, Mr. President, we must respond to the strong strike and we will not kill any of your soldiers.” Trump added, “We hit them hard and I understand their reaction that they need to respond for the sake of their people.” ".

He confirmed that they informed him that they will launch 16 missiles and we will not kill any of your soldiers at the targeted base in Iraq. They should not move from their base and they will be fine, according to Trump’s statements.

He continued by saying: “No one was killed, even though they fired 18 missiles at the base, and the American media was surprised that no American soldier was killed.