Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad, supplied Kurdish forces with weapons captured from Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon as part of a broader effort to increase pressure on IranYedioth Ahronoth.
The newspaper said the programme was part of a broader plan to weaken the Iranian regime, with the US Central Intelligence Agency also participating, though President Donald Trump later halted it after pressure from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
According to Yedioth Ahronoth, Kurdish groups received financial assistance, vehicles, and a variety of military equipment — including light weapons, anti‑tank missiles, hand grenades, and mortars.
The report noted that some of the supplied weapons had been seized by Israeli forces during operations against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
The newspaper linked the programme to broader efforts by Israel and the United States to support anti‑Iranian activities in the region.
The report follows comments made by Trump during a phone interview with Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst on April 5.
According to Yingst, Trump said the United States transferred weapons through Kurdish intermediaries to support anti‑government elements in Iran.
“We sent them a lot of weapons. We sent them through the Kurds.”
Yingst said Trump believed the weapons never reached their intended recipients and instead remained in Kurdish hands.
The report also referenced earlier CNN coverage stating that US support for Kurdish groups aimed to increase pressure on Iranian authorities and spur domestic unrest.