Israel has shared intelligence with Washington indicating that Iran is preparing a new plot to assassinate US President Donald Trump, the Wall Street Journal and CNN reported on Thursday, citing anonymous sources.

Neither US outlet disclosed further details of the alleged plot. A source cited by CNN said the warning reached US officials this week, while another told the network that Israeli intelligence had confirmed the existence of a new Iranian plan, elements of which had already been partially identified by American intelligence agencies.

Asked about the report, the White House did not deny it, instead pointing to remarks Trump made on Wednesday: “They want to eliminate the American leader – me. I’m on some kind of list; I saw this morning that I’m on all their lists.”

Trump had departed the NATO summit in Turkey aboard the older presidential aircraft rather than the new plane offered to him by Qatar, reportedly due to security concerns, according to the New York Times.

The reports come amid mounting strain between Israel and the United States, and particularly between Netanyahu and Trump, over the handling of the war with Iran. The United States remains Israel’s principal ally, but Trump has repeatedly criticised Netanyahu in public in recent weeks, as Israel’s military campaign against Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based armed movement backed by Iran, has complicated talks with Tehran.

US sources cited by CNN suggested that Israel’s decision to share this intelligence with Washington could be an attempt by Netanyahu’s government to persuade Trump to continue the airstrikes against Iran, which resumed this week.

The tension traces back to 2020, when the United States killed senior Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani in Iraq during Trump’s first term, prompting Iran to publicly vow retaliation, chiefly against Trump himself. Iran has now buried its late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, following a days-long funeral procession marked by public calls for revenge against the US president.