Trump Says Israel and Iran Paused Strikes for 1 Week After New Israeli Attack
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Updated · The Daily Beast · Jun 9
Trump Says Israel and Iran Paused Strikes for 1 Week After New Israeli Attack
3 articles · Updated · The Daily Beast · Jun 9
Summary
Monday night, Trump said Israel and Iran had effectively "called it quits" after Israel launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iran, predicting they would leave each other alone for "another week, or something."
Those remarks reversed his weekend push for restraint, when he said he would tell Benjamin Netanyahu not to retaliate after Tehran fired missiles at Israel in response to Israeli attacks on Hezbollah targets in Beirut.
Trump denied Netanyahu had defied him, saying the Israeli strikes were already underway and insisting, "If I tell him to do something, he does it."
Israel and Iran have since said they will hold off on further attacks under a ceasefire that has been in place since April, though both warned they would respond forcefully to any new violation.
Trump also said a broader peace deal could be signed within 2 or 3 days, but that optimism clashes with Iran's foreign minister, who said there has been no significant progress in talks.