Israeli prime minister opted for escalation despite US calls for restraint as election pressures mount

US President Donald Trump said he would call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ask him not to respond to the missiles Iran fired at Israel on Sunday, in an effort to…

Israel said Monday it had struck targets across Iran, defying US President Donald Trump's call to refrain from retaliating against Tehran's barrage of missiles.The attacks further…

BEIRUT/DUBAI/NEW JERSEY: US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would tell Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to strike back after Iran fired a salvo of missiles…

Trump ‘told’ Netanyahu not to retaliate as the IDF said it was ready to hit back ‘with determination’

The latest strikes are the most serious escalation in the Iran War since a ceasefire first went into effect in April.

Israel said in a statement on X that its Air Force struck "military targets” in western and central parts of Iran. | World News

President Donald Trump asked Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to refrain from retaliating against Iran's missile attacks. Trump stated that such action would jeopardize…

Renewed attacks risk derailing US-Iran peace talks as oil prices surge over 3%

Israel's military and Iranian local media said Monday that Israel struck a petrochemical company in Mahshahr in southwestern Iran.

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Latest exchange of attacks threatens to drag Middle East into regional war and comes after US president said ‘I call all the shots’, not Israel’s PM

Tehran had launched a missile strike on Sunday, the first such bombardment since a ceasefire took effect on April 8.

Trump insists new strikes by Israel and Iran will not affect his administration's peace talks with Tehran, says Netanyahu “doesn’t call the shots”.

Benjamin Netanyahu defying Donald Trump’s order not to react to Iranian strikes on Israel shows with stark clarity how the Israeli PM remains the master manipulator, explains…

US President Donald Trump "appears unwilling to spend the political capital necessary to rein in Netanyahu—beyond angry phone calls and tough public statements," said one analyst.

Both sides are disregarding U.S. President Donald Trump’s calls for deescalation.

Israeli prime minister opted for escalation despite US calls for restraint as election pressures mount

Politicians and analysts respond to renewed hostilities with calls for strong action and concerns over American influence

Had Netanyahu bowed to Trump's request on Sunday and refrained from responding after Iran fired 11 ballistic missiles, Israel would have signalled weakness and constraint.

Netanyahu's attacks on Iran and Lebanon against Trump's orders is the latest episode to lay bare the growing tension between the two leaders.