'Israel' spies on US officials including Wittkoff: Reports
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- US reports say 'Israel' escalates spying on American officials
- Witkoff reportedly targeted over US–Iran negotiation strategy
- Officials alarmed by “unprecedented” intelligence activity
- Separate reports say Israeli soldiers wounded in Lebanon clashes
A stunning intelligence breach has ruptured the diplomatic surface between Washington and Tel Aviv, with US officials revealing that 'Israeli' espionage operations targeting the United States have crossed unprecedented boundaries.
According to a series of bombshell US intelligence reports obtained by The New York Times, 'Israel' has aggressively ramped up its surveillance and wiretapping efforts against American leadership to uncover the Trump administration's hidden strategy in its fast-moving, backchannel peace negotiations with Iran.
Targeting White House envoys
The intelligence reports indicate that 'Israeli' operatives have sharply intensified wiretapping attempts on key American figures, explicitly including Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump's Special Envoy to the Middle East.
Witkoff, alongside Jared Kushner, has been leading high-stakes, sensitive negotiations to secure a 14-point memorandum of understanding (MOU) to halt regional hostilities and restrict Tehran's nuclear capabilities.
Desperate to learn Washington's exact positions, concessions, and final red lines before a deal is signed, 'Israeli' intelligence has pivoted its massive digital and human collection apparatus toward the White House inner circle.
'Undisciplined' operations outpace
The sheer volume and aggressive nature of the espionage have left veteran American intelligence officials deeply alarmed.
One US official described 'Israel's' current intelligence-gathering methods as "unprecedentedly undisciplined," abandoning traditional under-the-table protocols usually maintained between allies.
Furthermore, US officials emphasized that 'Israel's' recent intelligence activity on American soil has surged to a frequency higher than that of any other US ally, and has remarkably even outpaced the electronic espionage efforts of traditionally hostile nations like Russia or China.
Simultaneous multi-front friction
This political and espionage scandal unfolds against a backdrop of severe military pressure for 'Israel'.
'Israeli' media concurrently confirmed on Saturday that a number of 'Israeli' soldiers were wounded during intense, ongoing ground battles against Hezbollah forces in southern Lebanon.
The dual developments illustrate a profound operational divergence between the two allies: as the White House aggressively pushes a diplomatic roadmap through its envoys to wind down regional conflicts, 'Israel' appears willing to break geopolitical taboos to spy on its benefactor, determined to prevent any US-Iran settlement that bypasses its own security demands.
