The US president noted that he could not blame Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu for retaliatory strikes on Iran NEW YORK, June 9. /TASS/. Israel and Iran agreed to pause their strikes for at least a week, US President Donald Trump stated.

"We had a very good conversation [with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu] and he was hit, and he hit back, and I can’t blame him for that. <…> And now they’ve called it quits, so they are going to just leave each other alone for a week or something," the US leader told reporters.