The intelligence that led to the airstrike in Yemen discussed in a Signal chat disclosed in The Atlantic was provided by Israel, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing two U.S. officials.

National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have come under fire after Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic, was added to a Signal group chat by Waltz that featured top officials in the Trump administration. The Atlantic’s story showed Hegseth provided times of warplane launches, strike packages, and targets of Houthi rebels in Yemen.

Israeli officials have complained to their American counterparts that the texts from Waltz have become public, the Journal said.

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