Reported claim

“Marco Rubio told the top 8 Republicans and Democrats in Congress that Israel was determined to attack Iran regardless of US participation, prompting the US to join the operation.”

high confidence 3 sources

Reported by 3 sources.

Sources

Al Jazeera Arabic supports medium reliability

تصريح وزير الخارجية ماركو روبيو بأن إسرائيل كانت ستشن الحرب منفردة

2026-03-25

Alexander Mercouris supports low reliability

Rubio told them, 'Look, we found out that uh Israel was going to go ahead and do the attack with or without us. So, we we we joined in.'

2026-03-05

Alexander Mercouris supports low reliability

Rubio told them, 'Look, we found out that uh Israel was going to go ahead and do the attack with or without us. So, we we we joined in.'

2026-03-05

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