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2025-03-29 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
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Israeli Officials Are Upset Over Signal War Plans Leak: Report
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[MSN] Israeli officials are reportedly upset over the public disclosure of a highly sensitive conversation between Trump administration officials about military strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen.
Why It Matters
The conversation, which took place in a Signal group chat, became public after The Atlantic's editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, reported that he was inadvertently invited to the chat by a user identified as Michael Waltz, President Donald Trump's national security adviser.
What To Know
The Wall Street Journal reported that Israel is frustrated over the leak because Israeli officials supplied sensitive intelligence about a Houthi target who was discussed in the Signal conversation. The intelligence came from a source in Yemen, where the strikes were carried out.
Brian Hughes, a spokesperson for the National Security Council, confirmed that the messages Goldberg reported on and which The Atlantic published screenshots of "appear to be authentic."
When asked about The Wall Street Journal's reporting, Hughes reiterated statements from the White House and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, saying, "No classified information was included in the thread."
Hughes added, "The messages have no locations, no sources and methods, and no war plans. Foreign partners had already been notified strikes were imminent."
According to screenshots of the thread that The Atlantic published, Waltz discussed specifics about a top Houthi "missile guy" targeted in the operation, writing after the strikes that "we had positive ID of him walking into his girlfriend's building and it is now collapsed."
Hegseth, meanwhile, gave a play-by-play breakdown of the operational details before the strikes were launched, including weapons systems that would be used, details about a human target and precise attack sequencing.
"We are currently clean on OPSEC," he wrote on Signal. OPSEC refers to operational security.
In addition to Waltz, Hegseth and Goldberg, the group chat included Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and other senior national security and White House officials.
President Donald Trump has publicly backed his administration and accused the media of going on a "witch hunt" in connection to the controversy. He, Hegseth, Waltz and other officials have also attacked Goldberg's credibility.
On Wednesday, when asked if there was any classified information in the Signal group chat, Trump told reporters that he didn't know.
"I don't know," he said. "I'm not sure. You have to ask the various people involved. I really don't know."
Rubio acknowledged the blunder over the message chain, telling reporters: "Obviously, someone made a mistake. Someone made a big mistake and added a journalist. Nothing against journalists, but you're not supposed to be on that thing."
What People Are Saying
Attorney General Pam Bondi commented on the Signal leak on Thursday, telling reporters: "It was sensitive information, not classified, and inadvertently released. And what we should be talking about is it was a very successful mission. Our world is now safer because of that mission."
Bondi also weighed in on whether administration officials will continue using Signal to conduct high-level discussions, telling Fox News' Laura Ingraham: "I think Signal's a very safe way to communicate. I don't think foreign adversaries are able to hack Signal, as far as I know."
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote on X: "The Atlantic has conceded: these were NOT 'war plans.' This entire story was another hoax written by a Trump-hater who is well-known for his sensationalist spin."
Goldberg dismissed Leavitt's commentary, telling MSNBC on Wednesday: "I don't even know what that means. I mean, the plain language in the text is—what are they arguing? That an attack is different than a war?"
What Happens Next
Waltz said the administration, including SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, is investigating how Goldberg came to be included in the group chat in the first place. Trump also told reporters he wouldn't be opposed to an inspector general investigation into the breach.
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