According to one report from Business Insider, citing an unnamed former Israeli official and a European Union intelligence official, Israel is behind some of the attacks, with the European source "fearing" that the goal of the Israeli government to provoke a military confrontation with Iran while U.S. President Donald Trump remains in office.[37] According to the EU official, "There would be a lot less appetite for adventures and secret missions to blow up nuclear facilities under a Biden administration."[37]