The Pentagon raised its counterintelligence threat level for Israel to its highest level due to concerns that Israel had attempted to spy on top U.S. officials to obtain information on the Trump administration’s internal deliberations and decision-making on Middle East conflicts. According to alarabiya, Israeli intelligence efforts reportedly targeted specific U.S. officials, including President Donald Trump’s top negotiator Steve Witkoff and the Pentagon’s top policy official Elbridge Colby. The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) assessed that Israel’s ability to conduct human espionage and technical collection is at a 'critical level', according to alarabiya. Alarabiya also reported that the United States and Israel launched joint strikes on Iran on February 28, triggering the war. Bluesky reported that Mossad allegedly hacked American soldiers’ phones during the Iran War, conducting wiretaps, hacking, bugs, and intensive spyware. Both the U.S. and Israel officially deny the espionage allegations, and the case is controversial.