US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee confirmed to Fox News on Saturday that Israel had warned the United States about a specific Iranian assassination plan against US President Donald Trump.

Huckabee also stated that he saw no significant evidence that there was any “peaceful part” of the Iranian regime.

“What the Iranians are saying and doing is nothing that they haven’t been doing for 47 years,” Huckabee explained. “This is a longstanding ‘death to America’ chant they’ve had. They really haven’t changed.”

The Wall Street Journal, which had previously reported on Israel’s warning to the US, wrote that some US officials were concerned that Israel’s motivation behind revealing the assassination plot had been to entice the United States back into war against Iran.

According to the WSJ, officials noted that Israel may have presented Trump with a single piece of information which, in isolation, may push him to begin bombing Iran again.

Israel’s Embassy to the United States denied the WSJ‘s claim, stating that Israel had shared its intelligence with the United States as part of the two nations’ partnership, without ulterior motive.

Trump threatens Iran over assassination threats

Earlier on Saturday, Trump responded to the alleged Iranian assassination threats, saying “1,000 missiles are locked and loaded” in a Truth Social post.

“Orders have already been given, and the US Military is ready, willing, and able, for a one-year period of time, subject to extension, to completely decimate and destroy all areas of Iran,” warned Trump.

On Friday, Trump told the New York Post he left instructions for the US to retaliate if Iran succeeds in assassinating him. 

“I’ve left instructions, if anything happens, to just literally bomb them at levels that they’ve never seen before,” the New York Post cited Trump as saying.

Jerusalem Post Staff contributed to this report.