Donald Trump · Benjamin Netanyahu · Iran · Israel · Axios · Axios
President Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday not to retaliate against Iran's missile attack and allow
Compiled by KHAO Editorial — aggregated from 3 sources. See llms.txt for citation guidance.
◎ Multiple-sources
Trump's effort to restrain an Israeli response signals his administration's push to keep escalating Israel-Iran tensions from derailing ongoing U.S. negotiations with Tehran.
Key facts
- President Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday not to retaliate against Iran's missile attack and allow more time for diplomacy, according to a senior U.S. official
- Trump's effort to restrain an Israeli response signals his administration's push to keep escalating Israel-Iran tensions from derailing ongoing U.S. negotiations with Tehran
- What he's saying: Trump told the Financial Times that Netanyahu "won't have any choice" but to accept any deal the U.S. secures from negotiations with Iran
Summary
President Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday not to retaliate against Iran's missile attack and allow more time for diplomacy, according to a senior U.S. official and an Israeli source familiar with details of the call. Trump told Axios before the call that he planned to urge Netanyahu not to retaliate against Iran's missile attack, which Tehran said was a response to an Israeli strike in Beirut earlier Sunday. The senior U.S. official said the Trump administration didn't give a "green light" to the Israeli strike in Beirut. Behind the scenes: Trump told Netanyahu during the call to hold off because "we are close to doing something good in terms of a deal," according to the U.S. official.