WASHINGTON (Dispatches) -- The United States quietly delivered hundreds of advanced laser-guided missiles to the Israeli regime, knowing that the projectiles would be used against Iran, the Middle East Eye reported Saturday. 
The news and analysis website identified its sources as U.S. officials, and named the projectiles in question as air-to-surface Hellfire missiles.
“There is a time and place for Hellfires. They were useful to Israel,” a senior American military official told the website.
The U.S. also provided the regime with the missiles, knowing that their features specifically armed Tel Aviv for surgical strikes, it added.
On Friday, U.S President Donald Trump confirmed in remarks to Reuters that he and his team knew the attacks were coming. “We knew everything,” he said.
Observers note that reports of Washington’s arms support to better target the Islamic Republic have emerged, despite the United States being engaged in indirect talks with Iran, ostensibly to give diplomacy a chance.
The MEE reported that the Trump administration had prior knowledge of the plan for “months.”
The Israeli aggression, targeting various cities across Iran, Tehran, included a series of precision attacks aimed at assassinations.
In Tehran, Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned the caretaker of Switzerland’s embassy in Tehran to protest the Israeli regime’s military operation against the country.
Nadine Lozano, the Swiss ambassador to Tehran, whose country represents Washington’s interests in Tehran, was summoned by Director General for the Americas Department at the Iranian Foreign Ministry Issa Kameli on Friday.
Kameli conveyed Iran’s deep outrage and strong protest over the Israeli regime’s aggressive act and the United States’ support for it.
He said the Israeli regime’s gross crime in committing a military aggression against Iran is a breach of all international norms and the United Nations Charter.
The Iranian diplomat pointed to the U.S.’s full support for Israel and held the American government responsible for the “very dangerous and widespread consequences of the regime’s adventurism.”
He warned against the U.S. military support for the Israeli regime, including its prevention of Iran’s right to legitimate defense.
“It cannot be imagined that the Zionist regime’s aggressive measures against Iran are carrying out without cooperation, coordination and at least a green light from the United States,” Kameli said.
He emphasized that the U.S. must be held accountable for its illegal attitude.
The Swiss envoy assured that she would immediately convey Iran’s message to the U.S. government.