Trump Warns Netanyahu He May Be On His Own If Israel Resumes Iran Strikes

President Donald Trump told Axios that he warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he might be “on [his] own very soon” if Israel resumed war with Iran after the two countries traded strikes Sunday night for the first time since the U.S. and Iran agreed to a ceasefire in April.

“Trump says he warned Netanyahu if he went back to war he could be fighting alone: Axios President Donald Trump told Axios that after Iran and Israel traded strikes Sunday night for the first time since the U”

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ABC News reported Trump said he told Netanyahu, “Bibi, you better be careful, or you will be on your own very soon,” and Trump also claimed Israel “gave us very late notice” about Sunday’s strikes.

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CBS News said Iran and Israel halted military operations Monday after Trump told both to “immediately stop 'shooting'” and said both sides were seeking an “immediate ceasefire.”

CBS News also reported Trump predicted the U.S. would be able to “declare total victory” over Iran within the next two weeks during a Monday evening tele-rally for GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham and gubernatorial candidate Pamela Evette, both of South Carolina.

CBS News said Trump spoke with Netanyahu again on Monday morning, a White House official confirmed to CBS News, and it described the phone call as urging Iran and Israel to halt their exchange of fire over the weekend.

In the same CBS News account, Trump told Axios that several countries in the region were “very concerned” and that Iran “called us and said that they are not doing any more attacks and asked us to tell Israel not to do any more attacks.”

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The Guardian reported Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told CNN, “I will not meet with Netanyahu before an agreement is reached to end the war,” and Aoun said, “We have no option but to negotiate and we are trying to take advantage of President Trump’s personal interest in ending this conflict.”

The Guardian also quoted Iran’s parliamentary speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf saying, “We are not going to either just fight or just negotiate; rather, we are going to fight at our own time and negotiate at our own time.”

CBS News said an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanon city of Tyre on Monday killed five people and wounded eight, and it added that four of those killed were Red Cross paramedics, while Israel said it would continue strikes despite Iranian threats.

“What to know about the Iran war today: - Iran and Israel said Monday that they had halted military operations following a that tested an incredibly fragile truce between Tehran and Washington”

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CNN reported Israel halted attacks on Iran, but warned it would resume if Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon continued, and it said Israel would lift restrictions on schools and workplaces on Tuesday at 6 a.m. local time.

CNN also said the U.S. government is tracking at least six Americans detained in Iran, including two who have been designated as wrongfully detained, as the ceasefire remained “incredibly fragile” and negotiations continued.

In parallel, CBS News reported Poland seized over a metric ton of heroin from Iran hidden in decorative bricks at the Baltic port of Gdynia, with Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski saying, “This is the largest operation of its kind in over a decade,” and Interior Minister Kierwinski said the drugs were worth 220 million zlotys ($59.8 million).