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US and Israel Draw Up Plans to Resume Attacks on Iran, Sources Say

The White House said the U.S. will not resume attacks on Iran before the midterm elections on Nov. 3, as reports describe war planning by the U.S. and Israel.

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ABC News reported that the United States and Israel are drawing up plans to resume attacks on Iran after the election, according to sources cited in its report on the planning. The headline places the plans in the period following the vote.

According to the ABC News summary, the White House said Thursday that the U.S. "will not resume attacks on Iran before the midterm elections on Nov. 3." That statement is the only official response mentioned in the summary.

NPR reported, in a report on war plans by Daniel Estrin, that President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are drawing up war plans. The summary says the two leaders have been suggesting that a new attack on Iran is "on the table," and it asks whether the two countries could be on the verge of launching one.

The two reports differ in emphasis. The ABC News headline ties the plans to the period after the election, and its summary cites the White House on the midterm date. The NPR headline does not mention the election.

Neither the ABC News nor the NPR summary describes the contents of the plans, and neither identifies the sources cited by ABC News. The NPR summary names only President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu as the leaders involved. Further detail on the plans is not available in the summaries used for this report.

Sources: ABC News: US and Israel drawing up plans to resume attacks on Iran post-election, sources say; NPR: What we know about war plans that Trump and Netanyahu are drawing up.

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