Israel, Iran struggle successful uncharted territory
President Trump rejected a caller Israeli program to termination Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 3 U.S. officials told CBS News connected Sunday.
The Israelis had the accidental to assassinate Khamenei and Mr. Trump conveyed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that it wasn't a "good idea," 1 U.S. authoritative told CBS News. They said the speech betwixt Netanyahu and Mr. Trump happened since Israel launched a monolithic onslaught connected Iran past week.
Mr. Trump's rejection of the connection was archetypal reported by Reuters.
A elder U.S. authoritative told CBS News connected Saturday that determination has been nary nonstop interaction betwixt the U.S. and Iran. An Israeli authoritative successful Washington, D.C., told CBS News connected Saturday that determination is regular interaction betwixt the U.S. and Israel, with leaders having spoken Monday, Thursday and Friday.
During an interrogation with Fox News connected Sunday, Netanyahu did not straight corroborate oregon contradict Reuters' reporting erstwhile asked astir it.
"There's truthful galore mendacious reports of conversations that ne'er happened and I'm not going to get into that," helium said. "But I tin archer you I deliberation we bash what we request to do. We volition bash what we request to bash and I deliberation the United States knows what is bully for the United States and I'm conscionable not going to get into it."
Mr. Trump has not commented publically connected the report. On Sunday, helium issued a stark informing to Iran against retaliating against U.S. targets successful the Middle East.
In a station connected Truth Social, Mr. Trump said the U.S. "had thing to bash with the onslaught connected Iran" arsenic Israel and Iran traded rocket attacks for a 3rd consecutive day.
"If we are attacked successful immoderate way, signifier oregon signifier by Iran, the afloat spot and mightiness of the U.S. Armed Forces volition travel down connected you astatine levels ne'er seen before," Mr. Trump said.
Hours later, Mr. Trump appeared to foretell "Iran and Israel should marque a deal, and volition marque a deal."
The president said helium has a way grounds for de-escalating conflicts, and that helium would get Israel and Iran to cease hostilities "just similar I got India and Pakistan to make" aft the 2 countries' caller cross-border confrontation.
Mr. Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin connected Saturday astir the increasing Israel-Iran conflict. He is besides acceptable to question aboriginal Sunday to Canada for Group of Seven, oregon G7, leaders' summit, wherever the Mideast situation is expected to loom large.
Margaret Brennan contributed to this report.
Lucia Suarez Sang is an subordinate managing exertion astatine CBSNews.com. Previously, Lucia was the manager of integer contented astatine FOX61 News successful Connecticut and has antecedently written for outlets including FoxNews.com, Fox News Latino and the Rutland Herald.
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