JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Unnamed senior Israeli sources denied an Israeli newspaper report that the U.S. National Security Advisor Thomas Donilon shared U.S. contingency plans for a possible attack on Iran with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
?Nothing in the article is correct," a senior Israeli official told Reuters and The Associated Press on Sunday.? "Donilon did not meet the prime minister for dinner, he did not meet him one on one, nor did he present operational plans to attack Iran.?
Haaretz had reported the same day that Donilon on a visit to Israel earlier this month had described the plan to Netanyahu over dinner. The newspaper cited an unnamed senior American official and said that Israel's national security adviser, Yaakov Amidror, attended part of the meeting.
Donilon also shared information on U.S. weaponry and military capabilities for dealing with Iran's nuclear facilities, including those deep underground, according to Haaretz, citing the American official.
Tommy Vietor, spokesman for the U.S. National Security Council, had declined to comment to Haaretz on the details of the meeting.
The Haaretz report appeared as presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney arrived in Israel to meet with Israeli and Palestinian officials.
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