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Trump administration told U.S. allies in Middle East about Israel's Iran strikes in advance

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio personally reached out to a number of allies in the Middle East , sources say.

The impression was that the U.S. was trying to distance itself from the military action and the fallout that might occur as a result.

Israel said its airstrikes hit Iranian nuclear facilities, research scientists and top military officials early Friday morning local time, in what Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu suggested could be a multiday operation.