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U.S. President Donald Trump has asked Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to retaliate to Iran's latest barrage of missiles, saying it would jeopardise the ongoing negotiations for a bid deal to extremity the three-month agelong conflict.
U.S. media outlet Axios reported that aft Iran launched missiles astatine Israel connected Sunday (June 7, 2026), Mr. Trump spoke to Netanyahu successful a bid to forestall caller tensions betwixt the 2 nations from derailing the bid deal.
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Mr. Trump besides asked Iran to instrumentality to the negotiating table.
"We're precise close. I would accidental an statement would beryllium signed connected Monday, Tuesday oregon Wednesday of this coming week. And present this takes place," Mr. Trump told Fox News.
"You've changeable your missiles, that's enough. Get backmost to the array and marque a deal," Mr. Trump said, referring to Iran's strikes astatine Israel.
"The Iranian strikes didn't wounded anybody. Hopefully Israel is not going to retaliate," Mr. Trump told Axios.
"If Bibi strikes them back, it's conscionable going to support going similar the past 47 years, oregon the past 3,000 years," helium said.
Mr. Trump reiterated that Washington is adjacent to reaching an statement and warned that escalating tensions could derail the effort.
"Each of them had their fun. Israel had its strike, and Iran had its strike. We don't request different one," Mr. Trump said.
Speaking to Financial Times, Mr. Trump said Mr. Netanyahu would apt person to judge immoderate statement the U.S. yet reaches with Iran.
"He won't person immoderate choice," Mr. Trump said of Mr. Netanyahu, asserting that helium "calls the shots".
The interrogation was published arsenic Iran launched missiles astatine Israel successful its archetypal onslaught since a ceasefire took effect successful April.
Mr. Trump besides criticised Israel's strikes connected Beirut connected Sunday (June 7, 2026), saying helium was "not blessed astir it".
Mr. Trump told Mr. Netanyahu during the telephone to clasp disconnected due to the fact that "we are adjacent to doing thing bully successful presumption of a deal", Axios reported, quoting a U.S. official.
Mr. Netanyahu pushed backmost but yet "pseudo agreed" to basal down, the authoritative said, adding that Sunday's (June 7, 2026) telephone was calmer than past week's tense speech betwixt the leaders, and Mr. Trump did not rise his dependable astatine Mr. Netanyahu connected this occasion.
