The Pentagon has raised Israel's counterintelligence threat level to "critical," the highest designation, amid concerns that Israel is intensifying surveillance of U.S. officials to gather intelligence on Trump administration deliberations regarding Middle East conflicts. This assessment comes as tensions rise between the U.S. and Israel over strategy in the Iran war, with disagreements between Trump and Netanyahu about diplomatic versus military approaches. While both countries deny the spying allegations, U.S. officials say Israel's intelligence efforts have exceeded typical ally espionage, prompting extra security precautions for American personnel visiting Israel.