Trump warns Netanyahu against further attacks on Iran; Tel Aviv and Tehran halt hostilities

United States President Donald Trump on Monday warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel could lose American support if it continued to attack Lebanon and Iran, Axios reported.

Israel on Monday said that it had struck military targets in western and central Iran in retaliation for Tehran’s missile strike on the country.

On Tuesday, Israel had been preparing for the biggest wave of strikes on Iran since the ceasefire came into effect on April 8, with dozens of sensitive targets to be attacked, the news outlet quoted two unidentified Israeli officials as saying.

Trump then called Netanyahu and asked him to stop the strike.

“I said, ‘[Netanyahu], you better be careful, or you will be on your own very soon,” Trump told Axios.

The call ended with Netanyahu agreeing to stand down if the Iranians did not attack, the news outlet reported.

This came as Israel and Iran said that they would pause attacks following their most serious escalation since the ceasefire.

The Iranian military’s joint command said Monday that it was halting its offensive operations. However, it added that if Israel or its supporters carried out any further “aggression and hostile acts”, including in southern Lebanon, then “much more severe and crushing measures than before will follow”, AP reported.

Netanyahu also said that the fighting had stopped “after we hit the terror...

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