Netanyahu puts a glossy spin on conversation with Trump: President ‘expressed his immense appreciation for Israel’

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, speaks alongside US President Donald Trump during a meeting at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, April 7, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images via AFP)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, speaks alongside US President Donald Trump during a meeting at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, April 7, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images via AFP)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office confirms that he spoke with US President Donald Trump, but puts a far more positive gloss on the call than the version unnamed White House officials have been offering reporters.

“In the conversation,” says the Prime Minister’s Office, “President Trump expressed his immense appreciation for Israel – which achieved all of its war goals. The president also expressed his confidence in the stability of the ceasefire.”

Shortly before their call, Trump blasted Israel for striking Iran in force after the impending ceasefire was announced, and for responding to Iranian missile attacks after the truce went into effect.

“Following President Trump’s conversation with Prime Minister Netanyahu, Israel refrained from further attacks,” says the PMO.

Trump warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in “exceptionally firm” terms not to retaliate against Iran’s violation of the US-brokered ceasefire, a White House source told Axios.

Netanyahu’s office also lays out the timeline of Iranian missile attacks and its own response.

It stresses that the ceasefire was set for 7 a.m., and four hours earlier, “Israel attacked forcefully in the heart of Tehran, hitting regime targets and killing hundreds of Basij and Iranian security forces.”

“Shortly before the ceasefire went into effect, Iran launched a barrage of missiles, one of which claimed the lives of four of our citizens in Beersheba,” continues the statement.

“At 7:06 a.m., Iran launched one missile into Israeli territory and at 10:25 a.m., two more missiles. The missiles were intercepted or fell in open areas without casualties or damage. In response to Iran’s violations, the Air Force destroyed a radar array near Tehran.”

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