White House confirms Trump will decide on US involvement in Middle East conflict within two weeks.
The FBI is increasing its monitoring of Iran-backed operatives in the U.S. as President Donald Trump weighs involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict, a senior law enforcement source confirmed.
The White House said Thursday Trump will make a decision on U.S. involvement in the conflict within two weeks.
The monitoring reportedly includes surveillance of possible sleeper cells linked to the Tehran-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah, according to CBS NEWS.The Lebanon-based terror group also got a clear warning from Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz not to join the conflict.
The decision to increase monitoring comes just days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed Iran was plotting to assassinate Trump because the regime saw him as a threat to its nuclear program.
“They want to kill him. He’s enemy No. 1. He’s a decisive leader. He never took the path that others took to try to bargain with them in a way that is weak, giving them basically a pathway to enrich uranium, which means a pathway to the bomb, padding it with billions and billions of dollars,” the prime minister