Report: US tries to reassure Israel after Pentagon leak

The Biden administration tried to reassure Israeli officials in recent days that Washington is committed to its security relationship with Israel after details contained in a trove of purported secret Pentagon documents leaked on social media appeared to suggest that the US had spied on some of its closest allies, including Israel, two Israeli officials told Barak Ravid of Axios on Tuesday.

US officials have acknowledged that at least some of the documents appear to be authentic intelligence assessments put together by the Pentagon, but officials have also cautioned that some of the information in documents also appears to “have been doctored.” The Justice Department has opened an investigation into the leak.

The White House declined to comment. The State Department and the Pentagon didn’t respond to Axios' requests for comment.

One of the leaked top-secret documents contained a short paragraph about Israel and alleged involvement by Mossad officials in the protests against the government’s judicial overhaul.

Another top-secret document that was leaked and seen by Axioscontained a US intelligence analysis of Israeli policy regarding military aid to Ukraine and stressed that US pressure could drive Israel to deliver more military assistance to Kyiv. READ MORE