Speaker Johnson criticizes the revelation of American information about Israel’s attack plans against Iran: “Very worrying”

House Speaker Mike Johnson expressed deep concern Sunday over what he said was a major leak from U.S. intelligence detailing Israel’s retaliatory plans against Iran, stressing that he was monitoring the situation “closely.”

Johnson (R-La.), who is campaigning in Michigan, spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and said he would receive a “secret” briefing on the leak later in the day.

“The leak is very worrying. “There are some serious allegations being made there, an investigation is underway and I will be briefed on it in a few hours,” Johnson told CNN’s “State of the Union.” “We’re following it closely.”

“I spoke to my friend Bibi, Prime Minister Netanyahu, yesterday to encourage him,” he added. “I think the United States must unequivocally stand with our ally there…we are on the precipice…of a new era of security and freedom for Israel. And I think we are very close.”

Last Friday, alleged documents dated October 15 and 16 made the rounds on Telegram, posted there by an account titled “Middle_East_Spectator.” This Telegram channel has published pro-Iranian material in the past.

The documents were marked with top secret classification markings and others indicating they should only be viewed by the “Five Eyes” alliance between the U.S. and Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

As CNN reported, these documents revealed Israeli preparations for an attack and the number of rockets fired at Ramat David airfield last Tuesday and Wednesday.

One of the documents claimed that Israel was moving munitions in preparation.

Those files also claimed that U.S. intelligence found evidence that the Israeli Air Force conducted significant exercises last week while possibly training for an attack.

The leak has sparked an investigation into how these sensitive files ended up on the Internet, and senior U.S. officials are concerned about whether there are additional documents containing even more damaging information.

Iran fired around 180 ballistic missiles at Israel earlier this month in retaliation for the Israeli strike that killed notorious longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, as well as the previous assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh.

Haniyeh was killed in an explosion in July in Tehran, where he was attending the inauguration of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

Both Hezbollah and Hamas are Iranian-backed proxy terror groups.

The Islamic Republic’s bombing of Israel on October 1 was the second time this year that Iran has directly attacked the Jewish state.

Netanyahu has vowed to retaliate, as he did in response to the bombing from Iran in April over the deaths of two Iranian generals.

The world has been eagerly awaiting Israel’s retaliation, fearing it could spark a wider conflict in the Middle East. Some foreign policy hawks have floated the idea that Israel should target Iran’s nuclear facilities.

One of the documents reportedly confirmed that Israel has nuclear weapons – which the Jewish state has not publicly confirmed – and that the US has seen no evidence that it intends to attack Iranian nuclear outposts.

President Biden spoke to Netanyahu about Iran’s attack earlier this month and said publicly that he has a good idea of ​​how Israel will retaliate.

“My view is that there is a chance – and my colleagues agree – that we can probably deal with Israel and Iran in a way that ends the conflict for a while. In other words, it stops the back and forth,” Biden told reporters on Friday.