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Israel gives the US assurances ahead of a planned counterattack on Iran.

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It's Tuesday October 15th. I'm Luke Fargis for the Wall Street Journal and here is the

AM edition of What's News. The top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

U.S. officials say Israel has assured the Biden administration that it won't target Iran's

oil or nuclear facilities in its planned retaliatory attack on the country.

The White House has been urging Israel to limit its counterattack

to avoid further escalation in the Middle East and a spike in oil prices.

Israel's response is likely to come before the U.S. presidential election and could look like an

April counterattack that hit an Iranian military base.

However, Israeli officials say their operation could hit

unexpected targets and analysts say it is likely to be more severe. The National Security

Council, Defense Department, and the Israeli Embassy in Washington declined to comment on the Israeli Assurances, which were first reported by the Washington Post.

Oil prices are sharply lower this morning on the prospect of a more limited Israeli counter-strike against Iran.

Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is weighing a plan to tell Palestinians to leave the northern part of the Gaza Strip and seal

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