US President Donald Trump called into question whether or not Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would run for reelection in the upcoming Knesset elections, according to a Tuesday report from ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl. "He's had an amazing career," Trump told Karl in a phone call. "Does he want to continue? Because, you know, he's a wartime prime minister." "We will very shortly win the war one way or the other," Trump continued, "and you know he's a wartime prime minister." "That's ok," he added, "just like I'm a wartime president." Trump told Netanyahu not to escalate with Iran or else 'you could be left alone very soon' The US president also recently told Israel's Channel 12 about a conversation he had with Netanyahu in light of tensions between Israel and Iran. "I told Bibi, you'd better be careful what you do, because you could be left alone against Iran very soon," Trump said. On Sunday, Trump asked Netanyahu to avoid striking Iran in retaliation for the recent Iranian missile attack on Israel. That conversation ended without a clear agreement, and Netanyahu did not tell Trump his final decision on the matter, according to a Monday report by Channel 12. Netanyahu 'won't have any choice' but to accept Iran deal, Trump tells FT The US president also told the Financial Times on Sunday that Netanyahu "won’t have any choice" but to accept a deal with Iran. “I call the shots. I call all the shots," said Trump. "He doesn’t call the shots.” 'Together, we will bring safety to the North' Netanyahu released a pre-recorded press statement on Monday evening, in which he confirmed that he and Trump were in contact but did not go into detail. “I told Trump: ‘Together, we will bring safety to the North," Netanyahu said. Netanyahu’s coalition criticizes cancellation of Lebanon strikes after Trump’s intervention The latest round of Iranian missile attacks on Israel came immediately after IDF strikes on Dahiyeh, a suburb of Beirut, in Lebanon on Sunday. One week earlier, the prime minister came under fire for Israel's decision to cancel an earlier round of strikes on Beirut at Trump's behest. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, a partner in Netanyahu’s coalition, sharply criticized the move, stating that “This is the time to tell our friend, President Trump – ‘no’.” Former IDF chief of staff and Yashar! Party leader Gadi Eisenkot called Trump’s directive “a humiliating demand, one that is blatantly unreasonable.” Opposition leader Yair Lapid accused Netanyahu of behaving as though Israel were a protectorate state of the US. Keshet Neev and Danya Saperstein contributed to this report.
US President Donald Trump called into question whether or not Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would run for reelection in the upcoming Knesset elections, according to a Tuesday report from ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl. "He's had an amazing career," Trum…
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A tanker identified as the Kaifan was struck by an unknown projectile northeast of Oman’s Limah in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a July 21 report from UK Maritime Trade Operations. No ships were observed transiting the strait that day. Attribution of the strike and links to prior incidents have not been confirmed by the vessel’s owner.
Goldman Sachs has projected Brent crude averaging $80 per barrel in the fourth quarter and $75 in the following year, conditional on reduced Middle East tensions, while noting upside risks from potential shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz or Red Sea.
Brent prices rose above $91 per barrel amid recent U.S.-Iran exchanges and Houthi threats to Saudi shipments before edging lower on Tuesday. A senior Iranian official told Reuters that mediators had proposed a 10-day ceasefire to preserve an interim agreement.
Opening summary: Iran claims attacks on strait of Hormuz ships amid fresh US strikes Welcome to our live coverage of the latest developments in the Middle East crisis. Iran attacked a tanker in the strait of Hormuz early on Tuesday, forcing its crew to abandon the ship, as Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis announced they were imposing an immediate maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea after the two sides traded fire last week for the first time in years.
A Houthi official said the Bab al-Mandeb strait – at the southern end of the Red Sea, through which about 12% of the world’s trade usually passes – would be closed to the Saudis in response to the kingdom’s “unjust blockade on Yemenis for over 10 years”.
Saudi Arabia said it would take “all necessary measures to protect its vessels in accordance with international law”. A 10 consecutive night of US airstrikes has not compelled Tehran to loosen its grip on the strait of Hormuz, a vital route for global energy supplies.
But even as Iran’s president said the country had returned “full-scale war”, the Iranian interior minister travelled to Pakistan – a key mediator in the conflict – for talks. In key developments: The latest US strikes came hours after Donald Trump said Iran would pay “many times over” for killing US soldiers after multiple service members were killed in action over the weekend.
A tanker came under attack early Tuesday in the Hormuz strait off Oman, forcing the crew to abandon the vessel, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre said. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claimed the attack as well as two other attacks on ships in the waterway on Monday.
The US military’s Central Command said its latest airstrikes were to “degrade” Iran’s ability to attack commercial shipping in the strait and included hitting military command centres and missile and drone launch sites. Iranian media reported strikes in parts of the country including Bandar Abbas, Tabriz and Bushehr, home to the country’s only operational civilian nuclear power.
Iran’s launched attacks in response against Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan, which all host US forces. Oil prices softened after hitting their highest levels in more than a month in the previous session. Brent crude futures eased 0.4% to $88.87 a barrel by 0052 GMT on Tuesday while US West Texas Intermediate crude for September delivery was steady at $82.
47 a barrel. Democrats have seized on the deaths of three US troops killed in Iranian strikes to urge Trump to urgently reverse his resumption of the war with Iran amid widespread anxiety over climbing casualties. The Lebanese army began taking charge of security in three southern villages, the US said, as a deal to secure an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon and the disarmament of Hezbollah faced its first test on the ground.
US forces struck the tanker Settebello in the Gulf of Oman on June 10, killing three Indian crew members when munitions hit the engine room and adjacent areas. Maritime tracking data indicate the vessel had transported Iranian oil under US sanctions for several years and conducted offshore transfers prior to the strike.
The US military described the action as a precision operation, while reports note the ship was stationary at the time.