The leak of classified documents about preparations for an attack on Iran forced Israel to delay military action at a time of sky-high tensions in the Middle East, a federal prosecutor said as he sought to convince a judge to jail a CIA employee accused of violating the Espionage Act.

Rahman, 34, is accused of the October leak of secret analyses of Israel’s preparations for a strike on Iran. Those analyses, which were based on satellite photos, included details of the missiles and planes that could be used in an attack.

The disclosures embarrassed U.S. officials who were caught spying on a purported ally and launched a leak hunt that ultimately landed on Rahman, who was arrested by the FBI in Cambodia on November 12. He had been posted to the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh, legal filings show.

The most intriguing information revealed at Friday’s hearing may have been a federal prosecutor’s claim that when the documents surfaced on a pro-Iranian Telegram channel, they forced Israel to hold off on attacking Iran for an unspecified period of time.

More recently he struck a similar note on a GoFundMe page created in February that aimed to raise money for Palestinian children.

Asking donors to chip in $26.20, or a dollar for each mile of a marathon he was going to run, Muhit Rahman said that the money was for “the silent children of Gaza.” He posted a picture of the singlet he wore while running the Tokyo Marathon, which included a Palestinian flag inscribed with the names of his donors. Nestled above the slogan “For the children — who are always innocent” was a partial name: Asif R.