Mossad Kurdish invasion plan exposed — failed twice, now 'off the agenda'; Netanyahu disappointed, Vance-Netanyahu tense call

A detailed Channel 12 investigation reveals that the US-Israeli strikes on Iranian security forces in northwest Iran during the first days of the conflict were designed to ease the path for a massive Kurdish ground invasion aimed at reaching Tehran. The plan, developed by Mossad chief David Barnea and presented to PM Netanyahu and US officials, envisioned tens of thousands of armed Kurdish fighters (including Kurdish Freedom Party/PAK fighters) crossing from Iraq with US-Israeli air cover, joining Kurdish fighters inside Iran, engaging regime forces, reigniting protests, and ultimately helping topple the government. The plan was described to Netanyahu as having 'slim chance of success' by IDF Military Intelligence, but was presented to both countries as 'hermetic' — helping convince Trump to join the February 28 strikes. There were two near-execution moments: the first was killed when Fox News reported on March 4 that 'an offensive had begun,' prompting Karoline Leavitt to deny the US was arming Kurds. The leak alerted the regime, which mobilized and pressed Iraq diplomatically to block the invasion. A second opportunity was also scrapped. The plan is now 'off the agenda.' Key factors in the failure: (1) Erdogan — Trump's ally and the Kurds' nemesis — pressed Trump not to proceed; (2) Gulf states feared Iranian fragmentation into entities destabilizing the region; (3) Kurdish fighters distrusted the US based on the Syria/Trump/Erdogan precedent, feared being abandoned mid-conflict and massacred. Netanyahu is 'disappointed' at the failure of a plan he had 'adopted.' In a reported tense call, VP Vance accused Netanyahu of 'overselling' the probability of an Iranian uprising — aligning with Vance's Day 29 'short term conflict / neuter and exit' framing. Trump 'has long since changed direction' away from regime change.