US President Donald Trump is feeling “quite annoyed” at and perhaps “betrayed” by Netanyahu after Israel launched attacks on Iran, violating the ceasefire, says Al Jazeera’s US correspondent Phil Lavelle.
As the US president prepared to fly to Europe for a NATO summit, he told reporters of his frustration that both Israel and Iran had violated the terms of their ceasefire agreement, just hours after it was announced.
Before his departure, Trump also swore while making comments about Israel and Iran.
“He was angry with both Israel and Iran. But you could really tell some of the extra anger there, the extra fury was aimed at Israel,” Lavelle noted.
He added that Trump “obviously feels quite annoyed, and betrayed, perhaps, by Benjamin Netanyahu”.
Trump spoke to Netanyahu on Monday to get his backing for the ceasefire, before enlisting the help of Qatar to get Iranian support for the proposal.
Trump has called Netanyahu and asked him not to attack Iran, an Axios reporter said in an X post, quoting an Israeli official.
Netanyahu reportedly told Trump that he was unable to cancel the attack and that it was needed because Iran had violated the ceasefire, the reporter said.
The attack would be significantly scaled back and would not hit a large number of targets, but would only strike one target, according to the report.
Iran’s judiciary news outlet Mizan and the Shargh newspaper are both reporting that two explosions have been heard in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
Trump has insisted that the ceasefire between Israel and Iran remains “in effect” in a new post on Truth Social.
“ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran. All planes will turn around and head home, while doing a friendly “Plane Wave” to Iran. Nobody will be hurt, the Ceasefire is in effect!” he wrote.
But Israel continues to carry out air strikes and drone strikes on targets in Lebanon – targets it says belong to Hezbollah.
A few hours ago, an Israeli drone strike targeted a vehicle in southern Lebanon, killing at least three people.
Nawaf Salam, Lebanon’s prime minister, is seeking diplomatic help from Qatar and Arab countries as well as from the United States.
The Lebanese state is hoping that it will receive assistance to stop the Israeli attacks.
Because the state believes that as long as those attacks continue, as long as Israel occupies Lebanese territory, it will be very hard to convince Hezbollah to fully disarm.
Aljazeera
