Israel has reportedly shared intelligence with the United States indicating that Iran developed a fresh plan to assassinate President Donald Trump, according to a Wall Street Journal report citing people familiar with the matter. The alleged plot would represent an escalation in the longstanding threats against Trump, whom Iran has repeatedly vowed to target in retaliation for the 2020 US strike that killed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps General Qassem Soleimani. When approached, the White House pointed Fox News Digital to Trump's public remarks made on Wednesday.

Addressing the threat, Trump said Iran wanted "to take out the US leader" and claimed he was on "every single one of their lists", describing those behind the plots as "evil, sick people". The Journal reported that the intelligence surfaced amid divergence between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over how to proceed after last month's conflict with Iran, with Netanyahu favouring continued military pressure on Tehran while Trump has sought to preserve a fragile ceasefire following US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. The two leaders spoke on Thursday and agreed to continue coordination; Fox News Digital said it had also contacted Israel's embassy in Washington and Iran's UN mission for comment.