Pentagon pizza account reported high activity before Israel's attack on Iran

WASHINGTON − Before Israel launched its top-secret attack on Iran, a viral social media account tracking pizza shop activity around the Pentagon predicted something was underway.

Israel launched a military operation targeting Iran’s nuclear program on the evening of June 12, with airstrikes on military and nuclear sites.

Amid indications that Israel was preparing a strike, someone outside the world of classified intelligence saw it − or something − coming.

“As of 6:59 pm ET nearly all pizza establishments nearby the Pentagon have experienced a HUGE surge in activity,” the account Pentagon Pizza Report posted on X on June 12, pointing to We The Pizza, Domino’s Pizza, District Pizza Palace and Extreme Pizza.

The account then posted a follow up tweet saying that these locations had a “significant drop in activity” ten minutes later. 

At around 10 p.m., the account shared that Freddie's Beach Bar, a gay bar near the Pentagon, had “abnormally low traffic for a Thursday night. Potentially indicating a busy night at the Pentagon.”

The Guardian reported that pizza deliveries to the Pentagon surged right before the U.S. invasion of Panama in 1989 and Operation Desert Storm in 1991. 

President Donald Trump told Reuters he knew the attacks were coming. “We knew everything, and I tried to save Iran humiliation and death. I tried to save them very hard because I would have loved to have seen a deal worked out,” he said. 

Israel has been warning for more than a decade it would attack Iran's nuclear program and energy facilities if they reached a stage where they could be weaponized. The two countries are longtime foes.