Netanyahu Says Israel Warned Britain of Iranian Attack Before RAF Fairford Arrests
A US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress after landing at RAF Fairford on 6 November 2024. The Gloucestershire base is at the centre of a continuing counter-terrorism investigation. (File photograph: Airman 1st Class Laiken King, US Air Force, public domain) Netanyahu Says Israel Warned Britain of Iranian Attack Before RAF Fairford Arrests Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that Israel warned Britain about an Iranian-sponsored attack shortly before the RAF Fairford terror arrests, and accused London of then hitting Israel with sanctions almost immediately afterwards. The claim, made in a US television interview broadcast overnight, has opened a fresh diplomatic row at the centre of an investigation British counter-terrorism police are still calling hugely complex. Key facts Netanyahu told Fox News that Israel gave Britain intelligence about an Iranian-sponsored attack, and that "pretty much the next day they slapped sanctions on us". The Israeli lea...