Ultistal devices for the possible Israeli strike against Iran, even when Trump pursues a nuclear agreement

The Trump administration on Thursday continued to prepare for a significant escalation in the Middle East, since President Donald Trump sent mixed signals about how an Israeli strike would see in Iran’s nuclear facilities as the United States continues to follow a diplomatic agreement with Tehran.

“As long as I think there is agreement, I don’t want you to enter because I think that would blow it,” he said during an event at the White House. “It can actually help you, but it could also blow it.”

Trump continued to characterize past discussions among American and Iranian negotiators as “very good”, without saying if they believed they could finally reach an agreement.

The president’s comments are a change of his statements last month, when he publicly revealed that he had warned the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, against Iran.

“I told him that this would be inappropriate to do at this time because we are very close to a solution,” Trump said in May. “Now, that could change at any time, I could change with a phone call.”

On Thursday, three sources familiar with the situation in the Middle East told ABC News that Israel was considering taking military measures against Iran in the next few days.

The State Department also issued a radical security alert for Americans who work or travel in the Middle East and Africa of the North, advising them to “exercise greater caution.”

“Historically, similar tensions have resulted in travel interruptions and greater security concerns for US citizens in the region,” says the alert.

The president also recognized that “something could happen soon” in the region.

“I don’t want to say imminent. But it seems that it could happen,” Trump told the correspondent of the White House of ABC News, Selina Wang, when he asked if an Israeli attack was imminent.

“Look, it’s very simple. It’s not complicated: Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon,” he said.

The growing tensions in the Middle East occur when US officials say that the main negotiator of the Trump administration, main advisor and special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, is planning to move forward with a sixth round of nuclear denials with Iran, scheduled to take place in Oman on Sunday.

Iranian and Omaní officials have also confirmed the plans, but the military action potential has injected significant uncertainty in the diplomatic process.

Already, the negotiations seemed to hit a wall about Iran’s ability to enrich uranium, which is a red line for both sides.

American officials say that American negotiators initially presented a proposal that would allow Iran to enrich Uranium at a low level for their nuclear energy program, but that the president later withdrew the offer, doubling his insistence that Iran is prohibited from said activity.

Earlier this week, the State Department and the Pentagon began to make preparations for possible climbing in the Middle East.

On Wednesday, a partial evacuation order was issued for non -essential personnel in the United States embassy in Baghdad, while an authorized game was issued for US embassies in Bahrain and Kuwait, which led some employees and relatives of diplomats to leave the country before their regularly scheduled rotations.

The Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegesh, has also authorized the voluntary departure of military dependents for places throughout the Middle East, according to an American official.

“Well, they are moving because it could be a dangerous place, and we will see what happens,” Trump said Wednesday.

Luis Martínez, Selina Wang, Hannah Demissie, John Parkinson and Anne Flaherty of ABC News contributed to this report.