Report: Trump told US military to hold off striking Iran last night, is currently favoring talks

US President Donald Trump ordered the US military not to strike Iran last night, Axios reports, citing two sources with knowledge of the directive.

It was the first night in nearly two weeks that the US did not carry out strikes in Iran.

The decision to call off the strikes came as the Israeli military had reportedly prepared for a significant escalation in the conflict, though Axios and Channel 12 reporter Barak Ravid reports that the planned US strikes for Friday night were no different in scale than those that the US had carried out for the previous 13 nights.

The sources tell Axios that the US military is still preparing plans for a major return to combat, but that Trump has not yet ordered any such move, and is currently favoring allowing more time for negotiations to progress.