U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Tuesday that negotiations for a peace deal to end the Middle East war are in their final stages, after Iran and Israel halted attacks that had threatened to reignite the monthslong conflict.
Iran fired missiles at Israel Sunday in response to strikes against Lebanon's Hezbollah in the southern suburbs of Beirut, before Israel struck back despite Trump's efforts to dissuade Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from doing so.
The Israeli leader said of Iran that the "fire on that front is contained" hours after Tehran said it had stopped its military action, while both sides warned they could resume hostilities despite diplomatic efforts gathering pace.
Iran and Israel "were going back and forth and now they both agreed through me to stop and we're in the final throes of what will be a very, very good deal," the U.S. leader told reporters on his return from an NBA Finals game.
When asked whether a deal would be a matter of days or weeks, he said it would take "two or three days."
