US President Donald Trump has urged Iran to return to negotiations following a missile strike on Israel, suggesting a final agreement could be reached within days.
“You've shot your missiles, that's enough. Get back to the table and make a deal,” Trump told Fox News on Sunday.
The president said an agreement with Tehran could be signed “Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday of this coming week.”
The Iranian attack, which targeted Haifa and Nazareth, was the first on Israeli territory since the April 8 ceasefire and came after an Israeli strike in Beirut earlier Sunday.
Addressing the Israeli strikes in Lebanon, Trump emphasised that the military actions were "not coordinated with the United States." He said he was "not happy about" the strikes targeting Hezbollah in Beirut.
He also said Iranian strikes “didn't hurt anybody,” and said he hopes Israel does not retaliate as strikes back would “just gonna keep going like the last 47 years or the last 3,000 years.”
Trump previously said he was “perturbed” by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s position of "constantly fighting" with Lebanon.
In an effort to prevent further regional escalation, Trump told Axios that he was calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "right now" to tell him "not to strike" Iran in retaliation.
The US president’s intervention came after the first direct Iranian missile attack on Israel since a ceasefire took effect in early April.
