US President Donald Trump told Israel's Channel 12 that he warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against escalating the exchange of fire with Iran into a full-scale war, according to a Monday evening report. "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. Later, Netanyahu consulted with defense establishment heads and then informed US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that he had decided to attack Iran. Trump told Channel 12 that "the Israelis gave us an update at a very late stage. They were already on their way to Iran." "I was able to reduce the scale of the attack," the US president said. Trump also told Channel 12 that five countries from the region, which are also involved in mediation efforts between the US and Iran, asked him to pressure Netanyahu to stop the attacks and move forward with a peace agreement. "This morning the Iranians approached us and said they would no longer carry out an attack on Israel," Trump said to Channel 12. "They asked us to tell Israel to stop attacking. I called Bibi and made him stop." The US president emphasized in his conversation with Channel 12 that he is still open to a deal and that he believes Iran is also interested in coming to an agreement with the US. Netanyahu says he won't allow for Iran, Hezbollah to establish 'new security paradigm for Israel' Earlier on Monday evening, Netanyahu released a pre-recorded press statement, saying that he would not allow Israel's enemies to dictate the state's security paradigm. "Israel has the full right to defend itself, and it will use that right as much as needed," the prime minister said, adding: "I say this to you as I say it with respect and appreciation to my friend President Trump." Netanyahu also indicated that he was in contact with US President Donald Trump. "I told Trump: 'Together, we will bring safety to the North.'" 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.” Trump reiterated to the FT that Sunday's attacks will not affect his decision-making on an Iran deal. “The deal may make it on its own merit, or not, but this will not have any effect on it,” he said. Trump added that he would consider a ground raid on Iran if negotiations failed. “It means two things,” said Trump. “Number one, it would mean that possibly we would go in and take care of the rest of the place that we didn’t take care of militarily. Or it would just mean that we would keep the blockade on Iran because the blockade has been probably more powerful than any attack that was ever made on that country.”
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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.