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BREAKING: U.S. Strike on Iran Called Off at the Last Minute. According to Walla military analyst Amir Bohbot, Donald Trump personally intervened late last night to halt a planned U.S. strike on Iran. • Iranian airspace has since reopened • Assets scrambled from Al Udeid Air Base were ordered to return and remain on standby • The mission was reportedly canceled minutes before execution Trump reportedly told advisers why he pulled the plug.
In a dramatic eleventh-hour reversal, President Donald Trump personally intervened to cancel a planned U.S. military strike on Iranian targets, according to Israeli military correspondent Amir Bohbot of Walla News.
Sources familiar with the matter say the operation—believed to involve cruise missiles and manned aircraft—was aborted mere minutes before its scheduled execution early Thursday morning.
Fighter jets and support aircraft that had already scrambled from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar were ordered to return to base and remain on standby.
Iranian authorities confirmed shortly afterward that their airspace, which had been temporarily closed to civilian traffic in anticipation of possible hostilities, has now reopened.
According to Bohbot, Trump told senior advisers he decided to pull the plug after final consultations late Wednesday night.
While the exact reasoning has not been publicly disclosed, one official described the president as saying the strike “wasn’t the right move at this moment” and that he wanted “maximum pressure without lighting the fuse.”
The aborted operation comes amid heightened tensions following a series of recent Iranian-backed attacks on U.S. forces in the region and ongoing concerns over Tehran’s nuclear program and missile activities.
White House officials have declined to comment on the report, and the Pentagon referred all questions to the National Security Council.
The sudden stand-down has sparked intense speculation in Washington and Middle Eastern capitals about the future direction of U.S. policy toward Iran in the early weeks of the second Trump administration.

